NEW DELHI: Former Indian cricketer Shikhar Dhawan was on Thursday questioned for round eight hours by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in an alleged unlawful betting app-linked cash laundering case, official sources mentioned. He entered the workplace of the federal probe company in central Delhi round 11 am and left after 7 PM.The company recorded his assertion below the Prevention of Cash Laundering Act (PMLA) as a part of this investigation linked to an “unlawful” betting app named 1xBet, the sources mentioned.The 39-year-old former India opener is known to have been linked to the app by means of sure endorsements. The ED needs to know his hyperlinks with this app throughout the questioning.The company is probing a number of such instances involving unlawful betting apps which are alleged to have duped quite a few individuals and buyers price crores of rupees or have evaded an enormous quantity of taxes.Final month, former cricketer Suresh Raina was questioned on this case by the federal probe company.Extra such sportspersons and celebrities are anticipated to be questioned by the company within the coming days.The Union authorities has banned real-money on-line gaming by bringing a laws not too long ago.In keeping with estimates by market evaluation companies and probe companies, there are about 22 crore Indian customers in numerous such on-line betting apps out of which half (about 11 crore) are common customers.The net betting app market in India is price over USD 100 billion which is rising on the charge of 30 per cent, based on specialists.The federal government not too long ago informed Parliament that it has issued 1,524 orders from 2022 until June 2025 to dam on-line betting and playing platforms.