The raids relate to the website Macao888.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Thailand.- Cyber \u200b\u200bpolice raided four locations in Bangkok and Nonthaburi province <\/strong>related to the website Macao888. Police were unable to locate the suspect in a raid on a beverage company in Huai Khwang but seized computers, mobile phones and two guns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pol Maj Gen Wiwat Khamchamnan, deputy director general of the Cybercrime Investigation Bureau, told Pattaya Mail that police had applied to the courts for 13 arrest warrants. One suspect identified as Mr Nattapong<\/strong> has been arrested, the other suspect is reportedly in Hong Kong<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A project to possibly legalise casinos in Thailand<\/a>\u00a0moved a step further two weeks ago with the approval of a report<\/a>\u00a0by a\u00a0House committee<\/strong>\u00a0by the\u00a0House of Representatives<\/strong>. Some 310 representatives voted in favour of the report and only nine against after a discussion that lasted nearly three hours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The raids relate to the website Macao888.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":14302,"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 initiated enforcement actions against the illicit online gambling platform Macao888, leading to arrests and ongoing investigations into its operational network. Concurrently, the Thai House of Representatives has advanced a report on casino legalization, signaling a potential shift towards a regulated gaming market and presenting a dual challenge of combating unregulated activity while exploring new revenue streams.","focusai_entities":"Macao888, Pol Maj Gen Wiwat Khamchamnan, Mr Nattapong, Cybercrime Investigation Bureau, House of Representatives","focusai_location":"Thailand, Bangkok, Nonthaburi, Huai Khwang, Hong Kong","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.9), payments_fraud_aml (0.8), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Thai Market GGR Impact","query":"What are the projected Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) implications for a regulated Thai market, considering the current scale of illicit operations and potential player migration?"},{"label":"Regulatory Framework Details","query":"How will the proposed Thai regulatory framework address the transition of existing grey-market players, ensure robust responsible gambling measures, and combat persistent illegal operations post-legalization?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[23911],"class_list":["post-777002071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777002071","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=777002071"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777002071\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777002087,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777002071\/revisions\/777002087"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777002071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777002071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777002071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}