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Goa police make 45 arrests in Indian Premier League gambling crackdown

15 April 2025 at 7:25am UTC-4
Police in the Indian state of Goa have arrested 45 people in the latest crackdown on illegal online gambling during the Indian Premier League season. The operation, which took ...

Goa police stop illegal IPL betting operation through online apps

11 April 2025 at 6:53am UTC-4
Goa police have completed two raids against illegal Indian Premier League online betting organizations. Officers found 101 mobile phones and 17 laptops used to operate the ...
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Karnataka becomes latest Indian state to address online gambling

10 April 2025 at 7:09am UTC-4
The goverment of the Indian state of Karnataka is mulling a new law to regulate online gambling in a bid to crack down on games of chance and, at the same time, allow for skill ...

Indian government plans to strengthen AML reporting rules for gambling firms

8 April 2025 at 6:51am UTC-4
The Indian government is planning to make online gambling companies a target of the 2002 Prevention of Money Laundering Act. According to the Indian Express, the Ministry of ...

India blocks 357 offshore igaming platforms

3 April 2025 at 8:00am UTC-4
The Director General of Goods and Service Tax Intelligence in India has blocked 357 links for offshore igaming platforms. The Hindustan Times reports that Jitin Prasada, the ...

Mandya Police crackdown on illegal igaming in India

3 April 2025 at 7:53am UTC-4
Police in Mandya, a city in the Indian state of Karnataka, have created specialized teams to deal with illegal ibetting. The Times of India has reported that the Mandya Police ...
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Two online gambling-related arrests made during Indian Premier League

31 March 2025 at 8:14am UTC-4
Two men were arrested at an Indian Premier League match in Motera in the Indian state of Gujarat for allegedly betting online. The arrests occurred Saturday during the IPL game ...

Indian politician calls for better igaming regulations in Tamil Nadu

31 March 2025 at 7:44am UTC-4
Doctor Anbumani Ramadoss, President of the Pattali Makkal Katchi party in Tamil Nadu, India, has called for the Tamil Nadu government to take more action to prevent igaming. In ...
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Indian lawmakers to create Special Investigation Team to tackle igaming

28 March 2025 at 7:17am UTC-4
The Telangana government in India will amend its laws on igaming by creating a Special Investigation Team to try to stop gambling in the state while enforcing stricter sanctions ...

Indian lawmakers hold heated debate on risks of online gambling

27 March 2025 at 6:51am UTC-4
India’s Union Minister for Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw was subject to robust questioning on the safety of online gambling in India’s lower house of Parliament, Lok ...

India cracks down on illegal online gambling ahead of IPL season

25 March 2025 at 7:18am UTC-4
India’s Directorate General of Goods and Services Tax Intelligence has released an overview of its crackdown on offshore online gambling firms. Under Indian financial laws ...

India reports 1.6 billion illegal online gambling visits in three months

17 March 2025 at 8:04am UTC-4
A report by the Digital India Foundation has discovered that there were 1.6 billion visits to prohibited online operators; Parimatch, Stake, 1xBet and Batery Bet, in just three ...

Digital India Foundation calls for stricter enforcement on illegal online gambling sites

10 March 2025 at 8:33am UTC-4
Non-profit think tank Digital India Foundation has called for a joint effort from the government and big tech companies, such as Google and Meta, to shut down the fast-growing ...

Advertising Standards Council of India signed a memorandum of understanding with gambling trade bodies

19 February 2025 at 7:37am UTC-5
The Advertising Standards Council of India has signed a memorandum of understanding with three Indian gambling trade bodies to address illegal online gambling advertising from ...

Indian casino JeetWin collaborates with actress Nidhhi Agerwal

3 February 2025 at 7:59am UTC-5
Online gaming and sports exchange platform JeetWin, which operates in the Asian market, has recently announced the appointment of Indian actress Nidhhi Agerwal as its new brand ...