Bukit Aman: 152 bookies nabbed over World Cup betting

A poll conducted by the Kansas City Fox News affiliate, FOX4, and Emerson College found that Missouri voters resoundingly favor legalizing sports betting to help fund Missouri classrooms by a margin of 62-38%, with a majority of Republicans, Democrats and Independents all favoring the nonpartisan issue. The survey, which involved 1830 registered…

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Nearly 68 million American adults - about 1 in 4 - plan to bet on this year's Super Bowl, setting a record by a wide margin, according to the gambling industry's national trade association. Figures released Tuesday by the American Gaming Association include bets placed with legal outlets, as well as with illegal bookies and…

SINGAPORE - The police are probing 126 people for their suspected involvement in illegal horse betting activities. The 120 men and six women, aged between 20 and 87, were rounded up after islandwide operations over two weeks in October, the police said in a statement on Monday. During the operation between Oct 14 and 28, raids were carried out by…

Screenshot of a promotional video by Mahadev app. New Delhi: Mahadev online betting app has been facing wrath of Indian investigative agencies including the Enforcement Department (ED). The probe agencies and local police have been conducting regular raids to nab people associated with the betting racket for cases involving money…

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Florida gambling regulators this week sent cease-and-desist letters to three daily fantasy-sports operators accused of offering potentially illegal mobile betting games and threatened legal action if the sites don't immediately stop. Emails obtained by The News Service of Florida indicate that the Florida Gaming Control…

MUMBAI: Bookie Saurabh Chandarkar and his associate Ravi Utpal, who have been running various illegal betting businesses online, with the help of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, and are wanted by security agencies across the country, have been detained in Sri Lanka. Mahadev Book provides online platforms for illegal betting in different live games,…

A total of 89 people are being investigated in Singapore for alleged involvement in illegal horse betting activities, the Singapore Police Force has revealed. The group, comprising 85 men and four women aged between 38 and 84, are said to be involved in various roles from illegal bookmaking to acting as runners, while some are believed to be…

The social media giant has become a hotbed for illegal online betting amid the IPL 2023 mania It would be hard to miss the IPL even if you wanted to. Pretty much all ad spending and marketing by the large companies is geared towards this annual extravaganza, and nowhere is this more apparent than on Instagram. Given this spotlight, cricket content…

Indian pacer Mohammed Siraj alerted BCCI (Board of Cricket Control in India) after getting messages for help from an unknown gambler after he lost a huge amount of money from betting on cricket matches. It is learned that Siraj wasted no time in informing BCCI's ACU (Anti-Corruption Unit) after he received those messages out of nowhere on his phone…

IPL 2023: The 16th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is about to begin, with Gujarat Titans (GT), the defending champion,… By IPL 2023: The 16th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is about to begin, with Gujarat Titans (GT), the defending champion, meeting Chennai Super Kings on March 31 at Ahmedabad's illustrious Narendra Modi…

With the India Premier League (IPL) matches all set to take off on March 31, cricket bookies and match fixers are readying themselves for a killing running into at least Rs 600 crore daily. Bookies across several Indian cities, including Mumbai, Delhi, Ahmedabad, Bhopal and Hyderabad with links to international betting cartels based in Dubai and…

IPL 2023: After the arrest of notorious bookie Anil Jaisinghani, BCCI has come under the radar once again ahead of IPL 2023. It has been revealed now that the supreme governing body of cricket in India, the Board of Control for Cricket in India, had earlier issued a warning to cricketers advising them to exercise caution when dealing with the…

IPL 2023: The recent arrest of the infamous bookie Anil Jaisinghani has put the spotlight on the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) once again, just before the IPL 2023. It has now been revealed that the BCCI had previously warned the cricketers to be careful when interacting with outer people. The BCCI Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) had…

Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the apex body governing Indian cricket, warned cricketers to be wary of meeting international bookie and hawala operator Anil Jaisinghani and his partner Deepak Naraini after photographs of a former India left-hand middle order batsman with the bookies surfaced. BCCI Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) had…

The gambling rules in Thailand are fairly severe. Thai players are permitted to wager on the national lottery and horse races, but all other kinds of gambling are prohibited. However, it is no secret that despite the ban, there is a massive underground gambling industry in Thailand. A shadow economy worth billions of dollars a year is formed by…

Malaysian police have arrested 46 people suspected of working as bookmaking agents in Johor during the Qatar World Cup. Authorities said in a Wednesday statement that they had carried out a total of 45 raids since November 2021, arresting 46 men aged between 18 and 71 believed to be linked with betting syndicates for the World Cup. They had also…

SIBU: Some 22 people, including six women, have been detained in a state-wide crackdown on illegal betting on Qatar World Cup matches. The suspects were nabbed in 20 raids carried out under Ops Soga XI from Nov 19 to Dec 3. "Ops Soga IX was launched simultaneously in all districts in the state with 20 raids carried out. The suspects, 19 locals and…

PASIR GUDANG: The police have arrested four men who are believed to be bookies taking bets for the Fifa World Cup here. Seri Alam OCPD Supt Mohd Sohaimi Ishak said that the suspects, who are between 22 and 24 years old, were arrested during an operation held between Nov 22 and 27. "Ops Soga IX was conducted to curb illegal betting activities in…

Bangkok, Thailand - Every 15 minutes, a small crowd gathers at a shack in a Bangkok market to wait for the numbers to be drawn. The buzz of anticipation at each ping-pong lotto draw is palpable but the excitement is invariably short-lived. When the number five is called out at a recent draw, a man chewing a betel nut sighs at his loss of 1000 Thai…

American casinos, gaming companies and lawmakers are calling on federal prosecutors to crack down on illegal offshore gambling sites that they say are evading consumer protection regulations. The push comes as sports gambling has quickly expanded in the U.S. in recent years, with more than 30 states and Washington, D.C., allowing it. "What maybe at…

For the freshest news, join The Borneo Post's Telegram Channel and The Borneo Post on Newswav. KUCHING: The Sarawak women's team finished third in the U21 category of the just completed NAZA National Sevens Series in Ipoh, Perak which saw Sabah emerging as the champions and Selangor as the first runners-up. Upon hearing this encouraging result,…

The Police are investigating 120 men and six women, aged between 20 and 87, for their suspected involvement in illegal horse betting activities. In a series of island-wide operations conducted between 14 and 28 October 2023, officers from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and the seven Police Land Divisions carried out raids at 21…

BOXSCORE LYON (November 29, 2022) INTERPOL has released its bi-weekly "Integrity in Sport" which monitors major developments in corruption in sport around the world. INVESTIGATION - Chinese authorities announced that they have launched an investigation into the former national men's football coach, who is suspected of "serious violations of the…

Figures released Tuesday by the American Gaming Association include bets placed with legal outlets, as well as with illegal bookies and online operations in other countries. The volume of betting participation is projected to be 35% higher than last year, which was the previous record. Bettors plan to wager an estimated $23.1 billion on this year's…