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At 42.7%, Goa tops nation’s gambling chart: NCRB report By Navhind Times - 2025-10-06 0 0 Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp

Country’s average rate stood at 11.9% in 2023

Amresh Parab

Panaji: Goa has recorded the highest crime rate in the country related to gambling activities, with a rate of 42.7 per cent. The all-India average crime rate (cases registered per lakh population) pertaining to gambling activities is 11.9 per cent, according to the Crime in India 2023 report published by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), under the ministry of home affairs.

The report has said that 673 cases were registered under the Gambling Act in Goa in 2023. Given Goa’s projected population of 15.77 lakh that year, the state’s crime rate related to

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