{"id":31402,"date":"2022-07-04T06:11:42","date_gmt":"2022-07-04T09:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=31402"},"modified":"2026-04-23T07:11:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T10:11:41","slug":"thailand-police-target-online-gambling-operation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/thailand-police-target-online-gambling-operation","title":{"rendered":"Thailand: police target online gambling operation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Police in Thailand have arrested 11 people who were allegedly operating a gambling website from the Chon Buri area of Pattaya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Thailand.- In a new operation against illegal gambling, cyber police have arrested 11 people who were allegedly operating an illegal online gambling hub in Pattaya that pulled in over THB100m in revenue<\/strong>. Police arrested the alleged leader of the circle, who reportedly admitted to being the owner of three gambling sites.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

He led officers to five offices in Chonburi<\/strong>, where six men and five women were arrested. During the raids,\u00a0police seized 10 smartphones, 10 computers and 4 laptops<\/strong>.\u00a0All 11 suspects have been charged under the Gambling Act and remain in custody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A week ago, police also arrested three men and a woman<\/a> after a raid on an alleged illegal online gambling operation<\/strong>. The raid took place at a rented house in Samut Prakan\u2019s Phra Pradaeng district. Police seized three computers, eight monitors, a mobile phone, one router, a security camera and computer accessories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, authorities continue to analyse the possibility of\u00a0allowing integrated resorts with casinos<\/a>\u00a0in the country. As Focus Gaming News previously reported, they\u2019re considering the possibility of licensing up to five casinos spread through the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The five proposed locations are Chiang Rai or Chiang Mai in the north; the city of Pattaya in the east; either Phuket, Phang-nga or Krabi in the south; either Ubon Ratchathani, Udon Thani, or Khon Kaen in the northeast; and Greater Bangkok<\/a>, around the country\u2019s capital.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Police in Thailand have arrested 11 people who were allegedly operating a gambling website from the Chon Buri area of Pattaya.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":25908,"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 cyber police have apprehended 11 individuals operating an illicit online gambling enterprise in Pattaya, generating over THB100m, with all suspects charged under the Gambling Act. This enforcement action follows another recent raid on an illegal online gambling operation in Samut Prakan. Concurrently, Thai authorities are actively evaluating proposals to license up to five integrated resorts with casinos across key regions, signaling a potential shift towards regulated gaming.","focusai_entities":"","focusai_location":"Thailand, Chon Buri, Pattaya, Samut Prakan, Phra Pradaeng, Chiang Rai, Chiang Mai, Phuket, Phang-nga, Krabi, Ubon Ratchathani, Udon Thani, Khon Kaen, Greater Bangkok","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (1.0), affiliate_publisher (0.7), marketing_crm (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.9), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"IR Licensing Timeline","query":"What is the projected timeline for the Thai government to finalize its decision on integrated resort licensing, and what specific governance frameworks are being considered for these operations?"},{"label":"Impact on Illegal Market","query":"How might the potential legalization of integrated resorts and a regulated online gaming framework impact the prevalence and revenue generation of existing illegal gambling operations in Thailand?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[229,23911],"class_list":["post-31402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-gambling","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31402","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=31402"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31411,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31402\/revisions\/31411"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}