{"id":713,"date":"2019-11-07T01:03:20","date_gmt":"2019-11-07T01:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=713"},"modified":"2026-04-24T10:07:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T13:07:32","slug":"china-launches-major-operation-on-illegal-online-gambling-in-cambodia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/china-launches-major-operation-on-illegal-online-gambling-in-cambodia","title":{"rendered":"China launches major operation on illegal online gambling in Cambodia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>China has launched a major\nillegal online gambling operation in Cambodia\u2019s Sihanoukville region<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Cambodia.- Last Tuesday, Chinese authorities set in motion a \u201clarge-scale multinational\u201d online gambling operation in its neighbouring country. As a result, authorities claim to have busted betting systems engaging with over 1,2 million bettors; worth approximately \u20ac3,9 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The illegal ring was based in the <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/cambodia-set-casino-coastal-region\"><em><strong>Cambodia seaside region of Sihanoukville<\/strong><\/em><\/a>. The operation run by the local police of the Chinese province of Jiangxi, arrested about 200 members of the operational.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/cambodia-igaming\"><em><strong>Cambodia\u2019s recent decision to end its online gambling licensing<\/strong><\/em><\/a> regime earlier this year has resulted in an exodus of Chinese nationals from Sihanoukville. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a result, China has agreed\nto part take in dedicated \u201cdiscussions on grants to support development\u201d of\nnon-gaming business ventures in the city of Sihanoukville.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recently at ASEAN conference in Bangkok, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen announced this extra funding following dialogue with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang. Furthermore, the Prime Minister said China, which strongly supports Cambodia\u2019s online gambling restriction, expressed its support for development projects in the region to help offset the blow to Sihanoukville\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lastly, China has been stepping up its cooperation with other Asia-Pacific nations; in combating illegal gambling and other illicit cyber activities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China has launched a major illegal online gambling operation in Cambodia\u2019s Sihanoukville region<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Chinese authorities, in cooperation with Cambodian counterparts, have dismantled a significant illegal online gambling network based in Sihanoukville, Cambodia, involving 1.2 million bettors and an estimated \u20ac3.9 billion. This operation follows Cambodia's cessation of online gambling licensing, prompting an exodus of Chinese nationals and leading China to commit to supporting non-gaming economic development in Sihanoukville to mitigate economic impact. The incident underscores escalating cross-border regulatory enforcement against illicit iGaming activities in the Asia-Pacific region.","focusai_entities":"Chinese authorities, Jiangxi police, Cambodian authorities, Hun Sen, Li Keqiang, ASEAN","focusai_location":"China, Cambodia, Sihanoukville, Jiangxi, Bangkok","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.8), affiliate_publisher (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (1.0), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Cross-Border Enforcement Efficacy?","query":"What specific governance frameworks and intelligence-sharing protocols enabled this multinational operation, and how will their efficacy be measured in future cross-border enforcement actions against illicit iGaming?"},{"label":"Sihanoukville Economic Impact?","query":"Beyond the immediate economic blow from the online gambling exodus, what are the long-term projections for Sihanoukville's economic diversification, and what specific non-gaming verticals are targeted for Chinese development grants?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[160,16338,439],"tags":[30,29,227,229,757],"class_list":["post-713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-east-asia-news","category-legal-news","tag-cambodia","tag-casino","tag-china","tag-gambling","tag-online-casino"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713","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\/133"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=713"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19785,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713\/revisions\/19785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}