1xBet on-line betting app case: Cricketer Robin Uthappa seems earlier than Enforcement Directorate

“Former Indian cricketer Robin Uthappa appeared earlier than the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday (September 22, 2025) for questioning in a money-laundering case linked to a web based betting app,” officers mentioned. Uthappa (39) reached the company’s workplace in New Delhi round 11 a.m.

“The ED will query him and report his assertion below the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in a case linked to a platform named 1xBet,” the officers mentioned.

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The federal probe company has questioned former cricketers Suresh Raina and Shikhar Dhawan aside from former Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP and actor Mimi Chakraborty and Bengali actor Ankush Hazra over the previous few weeks as a part of this investigation.

Former cricketer Yuvraj Singh and actor Sonu Sood have been summoned for Tuesday and Wednesday (September 23 and 24) respectively by the ED in the identical case.

The probe pertains to the operations of the 1xBet betting app as a part of the ED’s wider probe towards such platforms on allegations of duping quite a few individuals and buyers value crores of rupees and reportedly evading an enormous quantity of direct and oblique taxes.

According to the Curacao registered firm, 1xBet is a globally recognised bookmaker with 18 years within the betting trade. The model’s prospects can place bets on hundreds of sporting occasions, with the corporate’s web site and app obtainable in 70 languages.

Some different sportspersons, film actors, on-line influencers and celebrities are anticipated to be questioned by the company within the coming days as a part of this probe.

The ED’s line of investigation, based on the sources, is to know from the celebrities as to how they have been contacted by the mentioned betting firm searching for their endorsement, the nodal particular person(s) for contact in India, the mode of cost (money by means of hawala or banking channel) and place of the cost (in India or overseas) and so forth.

The company, whereas recording the statements of the cricketers and actors, is known to be asking them in the event that they knew that on-line betting and gaming was unlawful in India. It has additionally requested them to furnish a duplicate of their contracts and all related e-mail and paper documentation made by them with 1xBet.

“The company can also be wanting on the finish use of the cash taken by the celebrities to examine if any of them might be categorised because the “proceeds of crime” below the PMLA,” as per the sources.

The Union Government just lately banned actual cash on-line gaming in India by bringing a laws.

The ED, throughout a current nationwide assembly of its senior officers in Jammu and Kashmir, has additionally determined to provoke “focused strategies” to analyze monetary crimes arising from this sector linked to alleged unlawful betting and gaming.

According to estimates by market evaluation corporations and probe businesses undertaken earlier than the federal government ban, there have been about 22 crore Indian customers in numerous such on-line betting apps out of which half (about 11 crore) have been common customers.

The on-line betting app market in India was estimated to be value greater than $100 billion which was said to be rising on the charge of 30%, based on consultants.

The authorities has instructed Parliament that it has issued 1,524 orders from 2022 until June 2025 to dam on-line betting and playing platforms.