Police carried out a series of operations in recent days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Cambodia.- Police in Phnom Penh formed a working group to conduct a series of operations against online gambling. Colonel\u00a0San Sok Seiha<\/strong> said operations were carried out between September 17 and 20 following a government order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n San Sok Seiha said that by 7am yesterday (September 20), 91 people had been arrested in 44 cases. These involved 29 lottery sites, six illegal movie theatres, four online gambling sites, one poker site and three online cockfighting operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A week ago,\u00a0Ros Phearun<\/strong>, secretary general of the Cambodian Gambling Management Committee of the Ministry of Economy and Finance,\u00a0urged authorities to shut down illegal gambling<\/a>\u00a0in cafes and shops. He said such operations were not licensed by the Cambodian Gambling Regulatory Committee ( CEC). <\/p>\n\n\n\n He added that\u00a0only 60 casinos have gaming licences\u00a0<\/strong>but that 140 operate in the country, a figure that reflects the growth of illegal gambling. Phearun added that the regulator is identifying different types of illegal games to make it easier for relevant ministries and local authorities to crack down on such businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Prime Minister\u00a0Hun Sen\u00a0<\/strong>said illegal gambling should be eradicated from the country and ordered local authorities to strengthen policies to crack down on the activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Last September, Cambodia renewed its existing cooperation agreement on cross-border gambling<\/a> with China. Cambodia banned online gambling when the first agreement was signed in March 2019. Authorities have also signed a memorandum of understanding <\/strong>with Thailand to tackle online gambling operators<\/a> and call-centre scammers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Police carried out a series of operations in recent days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":10018,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Cambodian authorities have launched a significant crackdown on illegal online gambling, resulting in 91 arrests across 44 cases targeting various unlicensed gaming verticals. This enforcement, driven by a government mandate to eradicate illicit activities, highlights a substantial regulatory compliance gap with 140 casinos operating despite only 60 holding licenses. The operations are bolstered by renewed cross-border cooperation agreements with China and a new MoU with Thailand to combat online gambling and associated scams.","focusai_entities":"Phnom Penh Police, Colonel San Sok Seiha, Ros Phearun, Cambodian Gambling Management Committee, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Cambodian Gambling Regulatory Committee (CEC), Prime Minister Hun Sen, China, Thailand","focusai_location":"Cambodia, Phnom Penh, China, Thailand","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.85), payments_fraud_aml (0.8), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on Licensed GGR?","query":"What is the projected impact of this intensified crackdown on the Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) and Net Gaming Revenue (NGR) of Cambodia's 60 licensed casino operators, considering the reduction in illegal market competition?"},{"label":"Cross-Border Enforcement Efficacy?","query":"How will the renewed cross-border cooperation agreements with China and the new MoU with Thailand enhance the efficacy of regulatory enforcement against online gambling operators and associated fraud, particularly concerning jurisdictional challenges and data sharing protocols?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[229,23911],"class_list":["post-33671","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\/33671","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=33671"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33671\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33689,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33671\/revisions\/33689"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}