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Live betting racket busted inside SMS Stadium, 37 arrested
Jaipur: The crime branch of Jaipur Police Commissionerate has busted a live cricket betting racket and arrested 37 men from inside the SMS Stadium in Jaipur on Saturday.
The bookies were watching the match live and using mobile phones to operate the racket.
“The bookies were running a live cricket betting racket from SMS Stadium and were placing bets 30 seconds before the live telecast of the match. Those 37 arrested belong to states such as UP, Delhi, Haryana and others. Nearly 70 mobile phones and notebooks detailing transactions worth crores of rupees were recovered during the police action,” informed a senior police official.
“The accused were arrested after the SMS Stadium was gheroad and later caught redhanded while running the live cricket betting racket,” police added.