{"id":777011140,"date":"2023-11-15T07:14:24","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T10:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777011140"},"modified":"2026-04-22T15:34:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T18:34:04","slug":"cambodian-regulator-calls-for-action-against-illegal-video-gambling-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/cambodian-regulator-calls-for-action-against-illegal-video-gambling-platform","title":{"rendered":"Cambodian regulator calls for action against illegal video gambling platform"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The regulator has called for action against PK777.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Cambodia.-\u00a0The General Secretariat of the Cambodian Commercial Gambling Management Commission (GSCGMC)\u00a0has called for action to be taken against <strong>PK777<\/strong>, an online gambling platform owned by Cambodia-based PKTZ. The platform features baccarat, slot machines, cockfighting and football betting.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a press release on Monday (November 13), the GSCGMC stressed the illegality of the platform. Secretary-general <strong>Ros Phirun<\/strong> noted that licences have not been issued to any online gambling platforms in Cambodia, only to land-based casinos and lottery gambling, with licences issued by the GSCGMC, excluding the Ministry of Economy from the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:\u00a0<\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/cambodian-regulator-warn-influencers-over-online-gambling-promotion\" target=\"_blank\">Cambodian regulator warn influencers over online gambling promotion<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The regulator has called for action against PK777.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":17227,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The General Secretariat of the Cambodian Commercial Gambling Management Commission (GSCGMC) has initiated enforcement action against PK777, an online gambling platform owned by PKTZ, citing its illegality. Secretary-general Ros Phirun confirmed that Cambodia has not issued licenses for online gambling, only for land-based casinos and lottery operations. This action underscores the regulator's commitment to market integrity and compliance.","focusai_entities":"PK777, Cambodian Commercial Gambling Management Commission, GSCGMC, PKTZ, Ros Phirun, Ministry of Economy","focusai_location":"Cambodia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Future of Online Licensing?","query":"What is the GSCGMC's long-term strategy for potentially regulating and licensing online gambling operations in Cambodia, given the current enforcement actions?"},{"label":"Impact on Land-Based Operators?","query":"How will the GSCGMC's crackdown on illegal online platforms impact the competitive landscape and revenue generation for licensed land-based casino operators in Cambodia?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,16333],"tags":[23911,4138],"class_list":["post-777011140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-regulation-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-gambling-regulation","tag-online-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777011140","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=777011140"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777011140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777040956,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777011140\/revisions\/777040956"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777011140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777011140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777011140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}