{"id":777011795,"date":"2023-12-11T09:59:59","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T12:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777011795"},"modified":"2026-04-22T14:51:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T17:51:18","slug":"india-4-arrested-for-alleged-betting-on-cricket-matches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-4-arrested-for-alleged-betting-on-cricket-matches","title":{"rendered":"India: 4 arrested for alleged betting on cricket matches"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The accused face charges under Sections 3 and 4 of the Goa, Daman and Diu Public Gambling Act.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>India.- Police in Porvorim, Goa, have arrested four people who were allegedly involved in running illegal betting on cricket. They raided a residence in Kamat Nagar, Socorro and seized laptops and mobile phones. The accused face charges under Sections 3 and 4 of the Goa, Daman and Diu Public Gambling Act.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A report by the Think Change Forum (TCF) has estimated that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-loses-us48-8bn-annually-to-illegal-betting-and-gambling-sites\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tax authorities in India are losing Rs 3.9 lakh crore (US$48.8bn) annually<\/a>\u00a0to illegal betting and gambling websites. The report suggests the illegal offshore betting market is now valued at approximately Rs 8.2 lakh crore, with an annual growth rate of 30 per cent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The accused face charges under Sections 3 and 4 of the Goa, Daman and Diu Public Gambling Act.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":18986,"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 Goa, India, have arrested individuals involved in illegal cricket betting, seizing equipment and charging them under the Goa, Daman and Diu Public Gambling Act. Concurrently, a Think Change Forum report estimates India loses US$48.8bn annually in tax revenue to an illegal offshore betting market valued at approximately US$100bn, growing at 30% per year.","focusai_entities":"Think Change Forum (TCF)","focusai_location":"Porvorim, Goa, Kamat Nagar, Socorro, India","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"India's Regulatory Path?","query":"What specific legislative or policy reforms are being considered by Indian authorities to transition the substantial illegal betting market into a regulated framework, and what is the projected timeline for such developments?"},{"label":"Economic Impact Analysis?","query":"Beyond the reported tax revenue loss, what are the broader economic and social impacts of the US$100bn illegal betting market on India's financial system and public welfare?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16334],"tags":[233],"class_list":["post-777011795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-asia-news","tag-sports-betting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777011795","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=777011795"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777011795\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777011798,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777011795\/revisions\/777011798"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777011795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777011795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777011795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}