The five accused were receiving bets on an IPL match played between Royal Challengers, Bangalore and Deccan Chargers, Hyderabad yesterday evening, police said.
Acting on a tip-off, Rajkot crime branch sleuths raided a house in Dholariya Nagar area of the city yesterday and arrested Sudhir Patel and Raju Sandhi while they were receiving bets.
In an another raid, three more persons -- Hitesh Solanki, Haresh Parmar and Karsan Zala -- were nabbed from Ring road area, they said.