{"id":777017153,"date":"2024-07-11T09:29:32","date_gmt":"2024-07-11T12:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777017153"},"modified":"2026-04-22T08:17:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T11:17:17","slug":"india-arrests-made-at-protests-against-online-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-arrests-made-at-protests-against-online-gambling","title":{"rendered":"India: arrests made at protests against online gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A group of people was arrested in Mumbai while protesting near the state secretariat building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>India.- Supporters of independent legislative assembly member <strong>Bachchu Kadu<\/strong> were arrested on Wednesday (July 10) for protesting against online gaming and gambling. Kadu, who leads the Prahar Janshakti party, and his supporters gathered near the Mahatma Gandhi at the state secretariat building with placards and banners to call for a prohibition on online gaming and gambling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also: <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/illegal-online-gambling-may-rise-in-india-due-to-high-taxes-study-says\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Illegal online gambling may rise in India due to high taxes, study says<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A group of people was arrested in Mumbai while protesting near the state secretariat building.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":25346,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Protests led by independent legislative assembly member Bachchu Kadu and his Prahar Janshakti party occurred in Mumbai, India, advocating for a complete prohibition on online gaming and gambling. This development signals increasing public and political pressure against the iGaming sector in India, potentially impacting future regulatory frameworks and market access. The article also references a study suggesting high taxes could lead to a rise in illegal online gambling.","focusai_entities":"Bachchu Kadu, Prahar Janshakti party","focusai_location":"Mumbai, India","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (0.8), marketing_crm (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (0.8), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on India iGaming?","query":"What is the projected impact of these prohibition protests on the Indian iGaming market's regulatory trajectory and potential for B2B\/B2C licensing frameworks?"},{"label":"Regulatory Risk Assessment?","query":"How should iGaming operators and investors reassess their regulatory risk exposure and market entry strategies in India given the escalating political pressure for prohibition?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[4138],"class_list":["post-777017153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-online-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777017153","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=777017153"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777017153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777017157,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777017153\/revisions\/777017157"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777017153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777017153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777017153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}