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Online Gambling Law in Thailand

In Thailand, almost all types of gambling are prohibited. Although online gambling is not directly mentioned in the law, it is included in the gambling category as a whole. However, gambling is a significant industry in Thailand. Numerous studies have shown that around 60% of Thais partake in gambling, sports betting, or poker. A study found that…

Incidents ・ 18 December 2022

The Star

Cops bust THB3bil online gambling network as Thais bet ‘billions’ on World Cup

BANGKOK (The Nation/Asia News Network): Cybercrime police have made five arrests and seized cash, vehicles and assets worth over 1 billion baht in raids at 13 locations to bust a gambling network operating www.scg9.club. The website had about 3 billion baht in circulation, swelled by bets on the World Cup in Qatar, police said. Gambling is illegal…

Incidents ・ 15 December 2022

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Thai police say broke up large-scale online gambling gang

Police in Thailand say they have broken up an alleged online gambling network said to operate about 500 illegal betting websites. According to local media outlet The Nation, the Crime Suppression Division police said in a Monday briefing that the suspected gang had been operating for more than 10 years, having recruited about 2000 people to staff…

Incidents ・ 14 November 2022

Borneo Post Online

Special Ops Dadu nets 126 in Sarawak for illegal gambling

KUCHING (Nov 11): Sarawak police arrested 126 suspects throughout the state for illegal gambling activities during a special Ops Dadu between Oct 24 and Nov 7. Police commissioner Datuk Mohd Azman Ahmad Sapri said in a statement today the operation was held to detect and take lawful action against syndicates involved in all forms of illegal…

Law ・ 11 November 2022

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Police make arrests in illegal gambling raid in Cambodia and Thailand

Thailand and Cambodia have been subject to major crackdowns of anti-gambling activity in recent weeks, with police making arrests in both areas. Over 550 illegal immigrants were detained in Cambodia while 40 were arrested in Thailand. The arrests were a result of an operation involving several agencies and were connected to raids on illegal…

Law ・ 27 September 2022

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South Korean Police Busts Major Illegal Online Gambling Scheme

The South Korean police busted an intricate scheme of illegal online gambling websites that have been operating for years catering to the gambling cravings of foreigners in a country where online gambling is banned. Initially, the South Chungcheong Province police captured 17 people but only 11 were arrested. Allegedly these individuals…

Law ・ 12 August 2022

Bangkok Post

16 online gambling sites raided, 10 arrests

The Police Cyber Taskforce on Tuesday raided 16 premises hosting online gambling sites in Nonthaburi province and arrested 10 people operating them, PCT director Pol Gen Damrongsak Kittiprapas said. Pol Gen Damrongsak said a team armed with a court warrant first searched house No 4/34 in a housing estate on Talingchan-Suphan Buri road in tambon Khu…

Gambling Sites ・ 29 March 2022

Bangkok Post

Online gambling ring busted in Nakhon Sawan

NAKHON SAWAN: Five men have been arrested in Nakhon Sawan on charges of operating a website for a major online gambling network that had more than one billion baht in circulation, police said on Saturday. Officers from the Police Cyber Taskforce (PCT) and local police raided the two-storey house in tambon Wat Sai in Muang district on Saturday…

Incidents ・ 22 January 2022

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Thai police bust call center gang running online gambling sites

Members of a call center gang run by Chinese nationals have been arrested at a condominium in Bangkok's Sukhumvit area, with the police discovering that the culprits were also operating online gambling websites that were seeing a combined circulation of about 100 million baht per month. 10 suspects were arrested at a condominium in the Sukhumvit 39…

Gambling Sites ・ 22 January 2022

The Straits Times

30 men, 13 women nabbed for suspected involvement in illegal gambling activities

SINGAPORE - A total of 43 people between the ages of 22 and 81 have been arrested for their suspected involvement in illegal gambling activities. The 30 men and 13 women were hauled up by the police in a series of operations conducted islandwide between Nov 20 last year and Jan 4. On Nov 20, 2021, officers from the Bedok Police Division arrested…

Law ・ 21 January 2022

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Thailand: 8 Arrested for Illegal Online Gambling

Eight people have been arrested after police raided an alleged illegal gambling operation at a two-story house in tambon Ban Suan, Muang district. Those arrested, aged between 19 to 31 years old, were allegedly using the house as a centre to administer online gambling websites. During the raid, police seized computers and mobile phones. According…

Law ・ 21 January 2022

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Thailand: Police Arrests Gamblers, Takes Down Illegal Online Gambling Operation

More than 20 people were arrested and nearly $3 million in assets were seized in two police operations in Thailand earlier this week. The first operation took place in a townhouse located in Hat Yai district on Monday. A day later, on Tuesday, a second police raid in four lower northeastern provinces took place. Police raided a house in Hat Yai…

Law ・ 22 December 2021

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Bangkok Post

Online gambling operation smashed in lower NE

NAKHON RATCHASIMA: Ten premises believed used for the operation of an online gambling website called "123plus" were raided by police in four lower northeastern provinces on Tuesday. Five suspects arrested and assets worth about 100 million baht were impounded as evidence, including 14 luxury cars. Pol Lt Gen Somprasong Yenthuam, the Provincial…

Incidents ・ 21 December 2021

Bangkok Post

5 arrested for running online gambling site

Police arrested five men for operating online gambling in a raid on a condominium in Bangkok's Bang Khen district on Saturday evening, police said. Pol Lt Col Chaikrit Pho-a, deputy commander of the Metropolitan Police Bureau's Patrol and Special Operation Division, said the raid followed reports that a website for online gambling was being…

Gambling Sites ・ 05 December 2021

Bangkok Post

5 arrested operating online gambling

Police arrested five men for operating online gambling in a raid on a condominium in Bang Khen district early on Saturday night, police said. Pol Lt Col Chaikrit Pho-a, deputy commander of the Metropolitan Police Bureau's Patrol and Special Operation Division, said the raid followed reports that a website for online gambling had been operated from…

Incidents ・ 05 December 2021

Gambling News

Cambodian-Chinese Operation Ends with Gambling and Crypto Busts

Chinese authorities continue to work with their overseas counterpart in a bid to clamp down on illegal casinos that target nationals. A police raid in Cambodia's capital last week ended up with a brief shootout and 200 people apprehended. Illegal activities, including gambling, continue to thrive around Cambodia as Chinese and Cambodian law…

Crypto ・ 22 September 2021

The Star

Gambling raid reveals larger criminal network

SHAH ALAM: What started as a police raid on an illegal online gambling syndicate last month eventually led police to uncover a larger, more sinister network run by a "Datuk". The 40-year-old suspect who was arrested last week has been linked to illegal money lending activities as well as electricity theft for a bitcoin mining operation. Police…

Incidents ・ 17 August 2021

Borneo Post Online

Raid on illegal online gambling operation in Kuching nets 13 foreigners

KUCHING (Aug 2): Police arrested 13 foreigners during an illegal online gambling raid at a Jalan Airport house yesterday (Aug 1). Kuching police chief ACP Ahsmon Bajah said during the 5.30pm raid on the double-storey house, police arrested 11 men and two women aged between 18 and 42, all of whom did not have valid work permits. "The raid was made…

Law ・ 02 August 2021

Gambling Insider

18 arrested in newest raid on illegal gambling operators in Thailand

Police in Thailand have raided two residential houses used for online gambling and arrested 18 people involved in the illegal activity. The services that were being offered include online gambling sites and betting on football matches. Under the Anti-Money Laundering Act, police seized 16 computers, eight luxury cars and THB11m ($337000) in cash…

Law ・ 14 July 2021

Chiangrai Times

Thailand's Cyber Police Take Down Online Gambling Syndicate

Thailand's Cyber Police have arrested 18 people in a raided two houses being used as bases for an online gambling syndicate in Pathum Thani on Monday morning. A Cyber police spokesperson said investigators had learned that two houses were being used by a gambling syndicate operating a network offering online gambling sites and betting on football…

Incidents ・ 13 July 2021

Borneo Post Online

Cops bust online gambling call centre in Kuching making RM480,000 a month

KUCHING (July 6): A joint police task force has busted another online gambling syndicate's call centre, the third such case here this month. Kuching police chief ACP Ahsmon Bajah said six suspects, two of whom were women, aged between 19 and 29 were arrested during a raid on a condominium unit at Jalan Song at 9.30pm on Monday. "The suspects were…

Incidents ・ 06 July 2021

Gambling Insider

Cambodian police raid seven illegal gambling operations

Cambodian authorities have shut down seven illegal online gambling operations in Phnom Penh. The crackdown didn't result in any arrests, however; instead the operators of the illegal sites were simply issued a warning. The gambling operation used houses to set up establishments where players can top up their accounts and gamble behind closed…

Law ・ 05 July 2021

Chiangrai Times

Police Take Down Euro 2020 Online Gambling Site in Northern Thailand

Police in northern Thailand have taken down an Euro 2020 online gambling site and arrested two men in Mae Sot district of Tak on Wednesday. They were charged with hosting online gambling during the Euro 2020 football tournament. Immigration police arrested Mr. Siwa Malipuang, 36 and Mr. Siwakorn Meesiri, 22, and seized equipment used to link with…

Gambling Sites ・ 25 June 2021

Chiangrai Times

Headmaster Busted for Running Online Gambling Website

The headmaster of a learning skill development institute has been arrested in northeastern Thailand for allegedly operating an online gambling website, with over 30 million baht in circulation. Armed with a court warrant, police from the Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB), on Tuesday searched her house. The officers arrested the 27-year-old…

Gambling Sites ・ 28 January 2021

Bangkok Post

Two sisters held in bust of B700m gambling site

Police also charge two firms with sending millions of online messages promoting betting Two sisters in Lampang face charges of running a gambling website that had about 700 million baht in circulation, police say. The women were arrested along with four staff members in raids on three houses in the northern province on Thursday. Two companies in…

Incidents ・ 25 April 2024