{"id":777034765,"date":"2025-11-18T09:15:58","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T12:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777034765"},"modified":"2026-04-21T16:59:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T19:59:56","slug":"indias-enforcement-directorate-raids-sites-linked-to-online-gaming-operators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/indias-enforcement-directorate-raids-sites-linked-to-online-gaming-operators","title":{"rendered":"India\u2019s Enforcement Directorate conducts raids amid probe into gaming companies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

India\u2019s financial crime authority is investigating alleged algorithm manipulation and crypto-based laundering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

India.- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has conducted 11 coordinated raids at premises connected to WinZO and Gamezkraft in Bengaluru, Delhi and Gurugram. The searches included corporate offices and the homes of senior executives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The action follows multiple complaints to police by users who allege that the companies manipulated their game algorithms to disadvantage players. The ED said it is also investigating crypto wallets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The probe comes after India enacted legislation banning real-money online gaming<\/a>. Neither WinZO nor Gamezkraft has issued a public comment regarding the raids. <\/p>\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Indian ED seizes 40kg of gold in illegal online betting probe<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

India\u2019s financial crime authority is investigating alleged algorithm manipulation and crypto-based laundering.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":680,"featured_media":777034001,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"India's Enforcement Directorate has conducted raids on WinZO and Gamezkraft in Bengaluru, Delhi, and Gurugram, investigating allegations of algorithm manipulation and crypto-based money laundering. This action follows user complaints and coincides with India's recent ban on real-money online gaming, underscoring heightened regulatory scrutiny in the market.","focusai_entities":"Enforcement Directorate (ED), WinZO, Gamezkraft","focusai_location":"India, Bengaluru, Delhi, Gurugram","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (0.7), product_ux (0.7), tech_data (0.8), marketing_crm (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (1.0), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"India Market Viability","query":"Given the ED's enforcement actions and the recent ban on real-money online gaming, what is the revised market viability assessment for both B2B and B2C iGaming entities operating within or considering entry into India?"},{"label":"AML & Crypto Compliance","query":"How will the ED's investigation into crypto-based laundering influence the evolution of AML compliance protocols and transaction monitoring requirements for digital asset integration within regulated gaming verticals?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16334],"tags":[24634,58,24764],"class_list":["post-777034765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-asia-news","tag-illegal-online-gambling","tag-india","tag-money-laundering"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777034765","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\/680"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777034765"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777034765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777034784,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777034765\/revisions\/777034784"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777034001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777034765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777034765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777034765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}