{"id":15177,"date":"2021-02-24T15:57:52","date_gmt":"2021-02-24T15:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=15177"},"modified":"2026-04-23T21:33:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T00:33:36","slug":"illegal-gambling-chain-shut-down-in-thailand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/illegal-gambling-chain-shut-down-in-thailand","title":{"rendered":"Illegal gambling chain shut down in Thailand"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Thai authorities continue to crack down on illegal gambling<\/a><\/em><\/strong> in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Thailand.- Authorities in Thailand have arrested 34 people <\/strong>who were allegedly involved in an illegal cybercrime ring that ran online casinos. Arrests were made in Bangkok and six other provinces. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the national police chief Pol Gen Suwat Jangyodsuk, officers from the Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB) searched eight properties<\/strong> in Bangkok, Pathum Thani, Ayutthaya, Saraburi, Chiang Mai, Chaiyaphum and Rayong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Police seized eight cars<\/strong>, 45 bank account books, 2m baht in cash and 54 mobile phones as evidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of the 34 suspects arrested, 19 of them had arrest warrants and 15 were caught allegedly running casinos, which are illegal in Thailand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Investigators told the Bangkok Post that the group ran an app called Royal Slot 777 Casino, <\/strong>which could be downloaded from Google Play and the Apple App Store.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The illegal business, which had been operating for around a year, allegedly had several thousand customers and taken more than 1bn baht in bets.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gang members moved money through 199 bank accounts and 10 companies to conceal the gambling operations,<\/strong> all of which were owned by Chinese citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the country\u2019s digital economy and society minister, Buddhipongse Punnakanta<\/a><\/em><\/strong>,\u00a098 arrests were made\u00a0<\/strong>in under two months since the Thai government launched its crackdown on\u00a0illegal gambling<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thai authorities continue to crack down on illegal gambling in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15191,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Thai authorities have intensified their crackdown on illegal online gambling, leading to the arrest of 34 individuals involved in a cybercrime ring operating the 'Royal Slot 777 Casino' app. The operation, which processed over 1 billion baht in bets, utilized 199 bank accounts and 10 companies to conceal its activities, highlighting significant illicit market activity and robust enforcement efforts.","focusai_entities":"Pol Gen Suwat Jangyodsuk, Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB), Royal Slot 777 Casino, Google Play, Apple App Store, Buddhipongse Punnakanta, Bangkok Post","focusai_location":"Thailand, Bangkok, Pathum Thani, Ayutthaya, Saraburi, Chiang Mai, Chaiyaphum, Rayong","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (0.9), investor_analyst (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on Market Liberalization?","query":"What are the long-term implications of these sustained enforcement actions on the prospects for future iGaming market liberalization and B2C licensing frameworks in Thailand?"},{"label":"AML Evasion Tactics?","query":"How do the identified money laundering tactics, involving numerous bank accounts and shell companies, inform the development of more robust AML detection and prevention strategies for both regulated and illicit operations?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[229,4138],"class_list":["post-15177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-gambling","tag-online-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15177"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15200,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15177\/revisions\/15200"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}