{"id":777044324,"date":"2026-07-01T06:54:52","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T09:54:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777044324"},"modified":"2026-07-01T07:01:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T10:01:59","slug":"goa-police-arrest-18-over-cricket-betting-racket-at-calangute-hotel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/goa-police-arrest-18-over-cricket-betting-racket-at-calangute-hotel","title":{"rendered":"Goa police arrest 18 over alleged cricket betting at Calangute hotel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Police seized mobile phones, laptops and other electronic devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

India.- Police in Goa have arrested 18 people for allegedly operating online cricket betting in Calangute<\/strong>. A late-night raid was carried out on Monday, June 29, at a hotel on Baga Road<\/strong> in the Khobravaddo area <\/strong>after Calangute Police received information about suspected illegal betting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Officers led by Police Inspector Laxi Amonkar<\/strong> and Superintendent of Police Vishwesh Karpe<\/strong> detained the suspects and seized mobile phones, laptops and other electronic devices. The 18 accused were presented before the Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC)<\/strong> in Mapusa yesterday (Tuesday) and remanded to six days in police custody while the investigation continues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Police said the investigation aims to determine the full extent of the alleged operation and whether it was connected to other illegal betting networks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Goa Crime Branch arrests four in online cricket betting raid in Mapusa<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Police seized mobile phones, laptops and other electronic devices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2395,"featured_media":10146,"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 18 individuals for allegedly operating an illegal online cricket betting ring following a late-night raid. The suspects were remanded to six days in police custody as the investigation continues to determine the full extent of the operation and potential connections to other illicit networks. This incident underscores the persistent challenge of unregulated gambling in emerging markets.","focusai_entities":"Calangute Police, Laxi Amonkar, Vishwesh Karpe, Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC), Goa Crime Branch","focusai_location":"India, Goa, Calangute, Mapusa","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.8), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"India iGaming Regulation?","query":"What are the current legislative efforts in India to regulate online betting, and how might this incident influence policy acceleration?"},{"label":"Network Linkages Impact?","query":"What is the potential for these arrests to uncover broader illegal betting networks, and what implications does this have for cross-jurisdictional enforcement?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16334,155],"tags":[229],"class_list":["post-777044324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-south-asia-news","category-sports-betting-news","tag-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777044324","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\/2395"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777044324"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777044324\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777044330,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777044324\/revisions\/777044330"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777044324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777044324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777044324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}