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| Ahead of Diwali, Delhi Police busted a gambling den and arrested
58people who were allegedly playing casino from a hotel room in south
Delhi's Ghitorni area on Sunday night.
According to the police, Delhi and NCR based young traders and businessmen were contacted through WhatsApp by the organisers who invited them for gambling at a makeshift casino made in the basement of a hotel on Mehrauli-Gurugram road.most popular casinos During the late-night raid, cops arrested 58 people who were involved in gambling. Police also recovered Rs 11 lakh and 6,000 plastic tokens (used for placing bets in a casino) worth `84 lakh and five specially designed poker tables. They have also seized a large quantity of illicit liquor and hukkah from the hotel. "We received inputs about a makeshift casino running from the basement of Imperial hotel in Ghitorni area. Several teams were made who conducted the raid. We cross-checked the information and verified the guest entries before conducting the raid," said Devendra Arya, DCP of south-west Delhi. Arya said that FIR has been registered and 58 people were arrested. Organisers of the party were booked under the gambling act and other IPC sections in Vasant Kunj south police station. A senior officer told Mail Today that the organisers had planned around six high-profile casino parties in different locations in a run-up for Diwali. They were preparing for running makeshift casinos for the last one month. Special casino tables and imported alcohol were organised and the venue. Gambling card games are often played in both villages and cities around Diwali, as it is generally considered auspicious to gamble during the festival.The basement of the hotel was booked by a man identified as Sajid Khan,a gym owner in south Delhi. His two friends Dinesh alias Bhakti and Jagjeet Singh had organised the casino party. Even in the past, they have a history of organising illegal parties in Delhi and NCR," Arya said. Most forms of gambling are illegal in India, as the Public Gambling Act of 1867 clearly states that the running or visiting a public gaming house is punishable by modest fines or prison terms. The states of Goa and Sikkim, however, allow casinos on their territories. Most gambling in the country, from penny-stake games at street corners and card parties in affluent homes to wagers on cricket and underground numbers games, is illicit and goes untaxed. "Most of the arrested persons are local industrialists, jewelers and businessmen. They were contacted through a WhatsApp group. Just one day before the party, the organizers had shared the location and venue of the party," Arya said. Sources say many gamblers were placing their bets through WhatsApp. | ||
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| In a private room in Melbourne's Crown Casino, a man wearing tracksuit
pants and runners approaches a counter with a rectangular blue cooler
bag.The bricks of cash are casually exchanged for gaming chips for the
punter, who is inside a special junket room at the Southbank casino for
the SunCity group.popular casinos
His bag contains hundreds of thousands of dollars.Crown Casino is obliged to report all transactions over $10,000 to the country's anti-money laundering authority, AUSTRAC.These types of transactions are not uncommon, as CCTV footage from a whistleblower obtained by the ABC show. But leaked reports from the Victorian Gambling watchdog in 2017 detailed concerns from inspectors about these types of transactions and the lack of record-keeping by the gambling giant. One whistleblower says foreign high-rollers often fly to Australia on private jets, avoiding customs inspections, and exchanging huge amounts of cash with no trace."I think this is just the tip of the iceberg about what is going on at Crown. I think Crown are a law unto themselves,'' the whistleblower said."You don't know where [the cash] has come from, you don't know if it's the result of drug trafficking, of prostitution or child exploitation. You just don't know." SunCity is a Macau-based junket operator that flies in wealthy Chinese gamblers to casinos in Australia.It has a dedicated gaming room within Crown's Melbourne casino.Inspectors for the Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation (VCGLR) raised serious concerns in reports about these transactions in the junket operator rooms because there was "a lack of recording of such transactions within Crown systems". It also says that staff on the floor, when questioned about the large transactions, replied that it was a matter between the junket operator and their punters.Crown has a comprehensive Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Counter-Terrorism Financing (CTF) program, which has been and continues to be subject to ongoing regulatory supervision by AUSTRAC," the spokesperson said. "Crown provides a range of information in a proactive manner in accordance with its regulatory obligations, including the reporting of all transactions over $10,000, international funds transfer instructions and the reporting of suspicious transactions of any value. "Crown has a strong history of compliance with and commitment to its AML/CTF obligations and we work closely with law enforcement and regulatory agencies in support of that commitment."The casino is also limited from disclosing which agencies it shares information with. The commission reports also described how in one case, the VCGLR instructed Crown to cease business with a junket operator, but it was rejected.The VCGLR said as one of many regulators, it worked with other agencies including Victoria Police and AUSTRAC."If the VCGLR becomes aware of matters that fall outside of its remit, such as money laundering and criminal activity, the VCGLR has systems in place to ensure that these matters are referred to the relevant agency in a timely matter," a spokeswoman said. | ||
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