{"id":777016274,"date":"2024-06-10T09:30:30","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T12:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777016274"},"modified":"2026-04-22T09:21:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T12:21:10","slug":"india-8-arrested-for-alleged-cricket-betting-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-8-arrested-for-alleged-cricket-betting-2","title":{"rendered":"India: 8 arrested for alleged cricket betting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Those arrested allegedly conducted illegal gambling through two websites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>India.- Police Lalpur, a suburb of Ranchi, Jharkhand, have arrested eight people for alleged betting on Indian Premier League (IPL) matches. One of those arrested, Deepak Tandon, is suspected of leading the operation, renting several flats to carry out the illicit business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to G2G News, senior superintendent of police (SSP) Chandan Kumar Sinha said police carried out a series of raids, and Deepak Tandon was arrested in one of the first. Police seized a gun and 13 ATM cards. Tandon has said his illegal gambling operation generated \u20b910 to 15 lakhs weekly and that he and his team conducted their activities through the Star Exchange and Lotus 999 websites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The other detainees say they were paid monthly salaries ranging from 25,000 to 30,000 yen plus accommodation and meals. Police seized 200 empty liquor bottles, one pistol, four laptops, 28 mobile phones, 12 SIM cards, one ATM, 114 ATM cards, 12 passbooks, 50 chequebooks, one WiFi device, one motorbike, one scooter, one car, several Aadhaar and PAN cards and jewellery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-5-arrested-over-alleged-illegal-online-gambling\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">India: 5 arrested over alleged illegal online gambling<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Those arrested allegedly conducted illegal gambling through two websites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":34643,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Eight individuals, including alleged ringleader Deepak Tandon, have been apprehended in Lalpur, India, for operating an illicit online gambling enterprise facilitating betting on Indian Premier League matches via \"Star Exchange\" and \"Lotus 999\" websites. This operation reportedly generated \u20b910-15 lakhs weekly, underscoring the persistent challenges in regulatory enforcement against unauthorized iGaming activities and the diversion of potential Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) from legitimate channels.","focusai_entities":"Deepak Tandon, Chandan Kumar Sinha, G2G News, Star Exchange, Lotus 999, Indian Premier League","focusai_location":"India, Jharkhand, Ranchi, Lalpur","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (1.0), investor_analyst (0.85), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory Enforcement Efficacy?","query":"What specific policy or technological enhancements are Indian regulators considering to more effectively disrupt the financial infrastructure supporting large-scale illicit online gambling operations?"},{"label":"Market Entry Impact?","query":"How do persistent reports of significant illegal iGaming activity in India influence the market entry strategies and risk assessments of international B2C operators and B2B suppliers?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16334],"tags":[20326],"class_list":["post-777016274","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\/777016274","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=777016274"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777016274\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777016299,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777016274\/revisions\/777016299"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777016274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777016274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777016274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}