The regulator held a workshop for government officials in a bid to ensure strict implementation of the law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Cambodia.- The Commission for the Administration of Commercial Gambling <\/strong>has held a workshop on Cambodia’s commercial gambling management law for government officials. It said the workshop aimed to ensure strict implementation of the law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Aun Pornmoniroth<\/strong>, deputy prime minister and minister of economy and finance, said that the workshop aimed to provide detailed information on the law and to improve cooperation between the Commercial Gaming Management Commission and relevant authorities on the effective and responsible management of game centres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Commercial Gambling Management Law was enacted in November 2020 and became the first comprehensive legislation to regulate casinos and gambling venues in the country. The law aims to ensure effective management of gaming in the country while promoting economic growth, tourism, job creation and public order through proper control of gaming centres in a transparent manner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In recent weeks, the Cambodian government has carried out a crackdown on illegal gambling<\/a>. In September, Phnom Penh police identified 2,000 illegal gambling businesses<\/a> and made 152 arrests following an order to launch a crackdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Khmer Timeskh, currently, 86 casinos have gaming licences <\/strong>in Cambodia but 75 casino licence applications are pending.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The regulator held a workshop for government officials in a bid to ensure strict implementation of the law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":10582,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Cambodia's Commission for the Administration of Commercial Gambling held a workshop for government officials to ensure stringent implementation of the Commercial Gambling Management Law, enacted in November 2020. This initiative aims to enhance regulatory cooperation, promote economic growth, and maintain public order, coinciding with recent crackdowns on illegal gambling operations. The country currently has 86 licensed casinos with 75 applications pending.","focusai_entities":"Commission for the Administration of Commercial Gambling, Aun Pornmoniroth, Commercial Gaming Management Commission, Phnom Penh police, Khmer Timeskh","focusai_location":"Cambodia, Phnom Penh","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.95), operator_casino (0.9), payments_fraud_aml (0.75), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on Licensed Operators?","query":"How will the strict implementation of the Commercial Gambling Management Law and the crackdown on illegal operations specifically impact the operational costs and revenue generation for the 86 currently licensed casinos in Cambodia?"},{"label":"Future Regulatory Evolution?","query":"What are the anticipated next steps or potential amendments to Cambodia's Commercial Gambling Management Law, particularly concerning the 75 pending casino license applications and the long-term vision for market growth and public order?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[154,16333],"tags":[229,23911],"class_list":["post-34164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legislation-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-gambling","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34164","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=34164"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34164\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34181,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34164\/revisions\/34181"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}