{"id":777010989,"date":"2023-11-09T08:00:50","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T11:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777010989"},"modified":"2026-04-22T16:22:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T19:22:01","slug":"india-22-arrested-for-alleged-illegal-gambling-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-22-arrested-for-alleged-illegal-gambling-2","title":{"rendered":"India: 22 arrested for alleged illegal gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The arrests were made in Jalandhar, Punjab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>India.- Police in Jalandhar, Punjab, have<strong> arrested 22 people <\/strong>for alleged involvement in illegal gambling. Some 16 people were arrested at a house near Babrik Chowk and at a house in Bhargo Camp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Tribune India, police seized Rs 2.88 lakh and four sets of playing cards during the raids. Those arrested have been charged under Sections 13, 3 and 67 of the Punjab Gambling Act. Officers said they were conducting further investigations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/indian-government-blocks-22-illegal-betting-apps-including-mahadev-book\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Indian government blocks 22 illegal betting apps, including Mahadev Book<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The arrests were made in Jalandhar, Punjab.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":26546,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Police in Jalandhar, Punjab, India, have arrested 22 individuals for alleged involvement in illegal gambling, seizing cash and playing cards. The arrests were made under Sections 13, 3, and 67 of the Punjab Gambling Act, highlighting ongoing regulatory enforcement against unregulated gaming activities in the region. This action follows recent government efforts to block illegal betting applications, underscoring a broader crackdown on the black market.","focusai_entities":"Police, Tribune India","focusai_location":"Jalandhar, Punjab, India","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.8), investor_analyst (0.9), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"India Regulatory Impact","query":"What are the broader implications of these local enforcement actions, coupled with the blocking of illegal betting apps, for the potential development of a regulated iGaming market and B2C licensing frameworks in India?"},{"label":"Black Market GGR","query":"How do ongoing arrests and seizures of illegal gambling operations in regions like Punjab impact the estimated GGR siphoned by the black market from potential regulated revenues in India?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16334],"tags":[20326],"class_list":["post-777010989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-asia-news","tag-illegal-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777010989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777010989"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777010989\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777040995,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777010989\/revisions\/777040995"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777010989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777010989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777010989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}