ED’s screws on online betting racket, raids on 30 locations from Jodhpur to Goa, 5 big casinos on radar
The Jodhpur Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted a raid campaign across the country on Friday (August 22, 2025) in a big case related to illegal online and offline betting. During this time, ED teams also raided the house of businessman Samundar Singh Rathore, resident of Nausar village in Barmer district, who did casino business in Goa.
According to the information, the ED teams are investigating the business activities and suspected transactions of Rathore and its associated group. The action started from morning to late evening. A total of 30 locations are being searched across the country in this campaign under the leadership of ED Bengaluru Zonal Office.
5 big casinos of Goa on ED’s radar
These campaigns include 3 places in Jodhpur as well as 6 in Chitradurga district, 10 in Bengaluru city, 1 in Hubli, 2 in Mumbai and 8 in Goa. In this action taken in Goa, 5 big casinos are also on the radar of ED. At present, the ED teams are examining the documents and digital equipment seized during the search operation.
This whole matter is the case of Chitradurga MLA of Karnataka K.C. Illegal transactions related to Virendra and others are being reported related to the network. The ED suspects that the game of hawala and money laundering is going on through these networks. During the search action in the big casinos of Goa, ED teams also reached 5 major casino papies gold, Ocean Reverse, Papies Pride, Ocean 7, Big Daddy and conducted a search.
Online betting sites caught
Many online betting websites have been revealed in this action, including King567, Raja567 and Puppy’s003. It is being told that through these sites, online betting and hawala business were being done on a large scale.
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