{"id":24316,"date":"2021-11-08T11:24:10","date_gmt":"2021-11-08T14:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=24316"},"modified":"2026-04-23T14:02:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T17:02:34","slug":"malaysia-to-review-existing-laws-related-to-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/malaysia-to-review-existing-laws-related-to-gambling","title":{"rendered":"Malaysia to review gaming laws"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ismail Mohamed Said, Malaysia&#8217;s deputy home minister, has revealed that authorities are reviewing gambling laws to introduce changes in line with modifications in the modus operandi of gambling syndicates and online gambling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Malaysia.- The Home Ministry of Malaysia is working with the Ministry of Finance to&nbsp;<strong>update current gambling laws in the country<\/strong>&nbsp;in line with changes introduced in gambling syndicates and online gambling. The revision also seeks to&nbsp;<strong>strengthen measures against illegal gambling activities.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Seri Ismail Mohamed Said, Malaysia&#8217;s deputy home minister<\/strong>, said in a question-and-answer session at the Dewan Rakyat: &#8220;Another step taken is conducting continuous operations and raids to disable these activities.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also revealed the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) are working with the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission to block gambling websites. The PDRM also have cut the electricity supply of&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/malaysia-police-cut-electricity-supply-to-14-illegal-gambling-dens\">illegal gambling dens<\/a>&nbsp;in recent weeks.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Malay Mail revealed police officers took action against the parties involved in gambling activities including the caretaker of the premises and organisers of gambling activities without a licence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ismail Mohamed Said, Malaysia&#8217;s deputy home minister, has revealed that authorities are reviewing gambling laws to introduce changes in line with modifications in the modus operandi of gambling syndicates and online gambling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":12901,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Malaysia's Home Ministry, in collaboration with the Ministry of Finance, is reviewing existing gambling laws to address the evolving modus operandi of gambling syndicates and online gambling. This legislative update aims to strengthen enforcement measures against illegal gambling activities, with authorities already conducting raids, blocking websites, and disrupting infrastructure.","focusai_entities":"Ismail Mohamed Said, Home Ministry of Malaysia, Ministry of Finance (Malaysia), Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM), Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission","focusai_location":"Malaysia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.85), affiliate_publisher (0.7), tech_data (0.75), payments_fraud_aml (0.8), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Legislative Impact Analysis","query":"What specific amendments are being considered for Malaysia's gambling laws, and how might these changes impact the operational viability and licensing pathways for prospective regulated iGaming operators?"},{"label":"Enforcement Efficacy","query":"Beyond website blocking and power cuts, what advanced technological or cross-border enforcement strategies are the PDRM and MCMC deploying to dismantle sophisticated online gambling syndicates?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,158,16333],"tags":[229,23911],"class_list":["post-24316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-regulation-news","category-slider-home","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-gambling","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24316","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\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24316"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24348,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24316\/revisions\/24348"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}