ED Raids Gaming Firms Over Payments to YouTuber Anurag Dwivedi in Illegal Betting Probe

• ED raided real money gaming (RMG) firms like PlayerzPot, Vision11, Gameskraft, and My11Circle over payments to YouTuber Anurag Dwivedi.
• Dwivedi is under PMLA investigation for promoting illegal online betting platforms like Sky Exchange and allegedly earning proceeds of crime.
• Previous ED searches seized luxury vehicles (₹4 crore), cash (₹20 lakh), froze assets (₹3 crore), and found evidence of Dubai real estate investments via hawala.
• Dwivedi, accused of receiving illicit funds through hawala and mule accounts, has reportedly fled to Dubai and ignored summons.
• The probe, which has frozen ₹23.7 crore in assets and led to three arrests, now scrutinizes influencer marketing spends in online gaming for links to illegal proceeds.

Why It Matters: ED intensifies probe into illegal betting, raiding gaming firms linked to influencer Anurag Dwivedi.