{"id":777015514,"date":"2024-05-15T09:25:01","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T12:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777015514"},"modified":"2026-04-22T10:16:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T13:16:43","slug":"india-2-arrested-for-alleged-cricket-betting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-2-arrested-for-alleged-cricket-betting","title":{"rendered":"India: 2 arrested for alleged cricket betting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The arrests were made in Uttar Pradesh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>India.- Police arrested two men in Uttar Pradesh&#8217;s Hapur on Tuesday (May 14) over alleged cricket betting. They seized Rs. 2.47 lakh in cash, a laptop and mobile phones. The men are accused of using the Cricket Live Guru app to track and mark IPL scores and engaging people in online betting. Other suspects are being sought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this week, the tech news site TechCrunch reported that&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/indian-government-websites-hacked-to-promote-online-gambling\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">nearly 50 government websites<\/a>&nbsp;including&nbsp;sites belonging to the state governments of Bihar, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Mizoram, and&nbsp;Telangana&nbsp;had&nbsp;been hacked&nbsp;to display ads for online gambling. Sites affected included those belonging to state police and property tax departments.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:&nbsp;<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-8-arrested-for-alleged-cricket-betting\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">India: 8 arrested for alleged cricket betting<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The arrests were made in Uttar Pradesh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":17582,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Indian authorities in Uttar Pradesh arrested two individuals for alleged cricket betting, seizing cash and equipment, with accusations of using the 'Cricket Live Guru app'. Concurrently, a report revealed nearly 50 Indian government websites, including those of state police, were hacked to display online gambling advertisements, highlighting significant cybersecurity vulnerabilities.","focusai_entities":"Cricket Live Guru app, TechCrunch, Bihar government, Goa government, Karnataka government, Kerala government, Mizoram government, Telangana government","focusai_location":"India, Uttar Pradesh, Hapur, Bihar, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Mizoram, Telangana","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.7), tech_data (0.9), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.8), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on Digital Trust?","query":"What are the broader implications for digital trust and government service adoption in India following the widespread hacking of state websites for illicit gambling promotion?"},{"label":"Regulatory Response Efficacy?","query":"How effective are current regulatory and enforcement frameworks in India in combating the proliferation of illegal online betting operations and associated digital security threats?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16334],"tags":[20326],"class_list":["post-777015514","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\/777015514","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=777015514"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777015514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777015547,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777015514\/revisions\/777015547"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777015514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777015514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777015514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}