{"id":777011547,"date":"2023-11-30T08:36:37","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T11:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777011547"},"modified":"2026-04-22T15:06:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T18:06:47","slug":"thailand-49-arrested-over-alleged-illegal-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/thailand-49-arrested-over-alleged-illegal-gambling","title":{"rendered":"Thailand: 49 arrested over alleged illegal gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Police seized THB3.5m in cash at an alleged illegal casino operating on two floors of a Nonthaburi hotel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Thailand.- Police in Nonthaburi province have raised the IWish hotel, arresting 49 people. Those arrested include 26 Chinese nationals. Officers claim an illegal casino was operating on the eighth and ninth floors of the hotel, accessible only by keycard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Bangkok Post, police seized six baccarat tables, six slot machines, around 100 packs of cards, THB3.5m in cash, and casino chips with values totalling tens of millions of baht.\u00a0Those arrested, including foreign nationals from Thailand, Canada, Laos, Myanmar and Singapore, were taken to Rattanathibet police station for legal proceedings. Some were reportedly staff members, but 26 deny the charges, asserting they were in the establishment&#8217;s food court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/thai-house-committee-to-study-legalisation-of-casinos\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Alleged South Korean gambling operators arrested in Thailand<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police seized THB3.5m in cash at an alleged illegal casino operating on two floors of a Nonthaburi hotel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":777009718,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Police in Nonthaburi, Thailand, raided an alleged illegal casino operating within a hotel, arresting 49 individuals, including 26 Chinese nationals. Authorities seized THB3.5m in cash, baccarat tables, slot machines, and casino chips, highlighting ongoing challenges with unregulated gambling operations in the region.","focusai_entities":"Police, Bangkok Post","focusai_location":"Thailand, Nonthaburi, Canada, Laos, Myanmar, Singapore","focusai_target_profile":"regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.8), ceo_executive (0.7), operator_casino (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.7)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Thailand Regulatory Impact","query":"What are the long-term implications of such high-profile enforcement actions on Thailand's ongoing discussions regarding potential iGaming or land-based casino legalization?"},{"label":"Cross-Border Enforcement","query":"How do international cooperation agreements facilitate the prosecution and extradition of foreign nationals involved in illegal gambling operations across Southeast Asia?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[20326],"class_list":["post-777011547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-illegal-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777011547","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=777011547"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777011547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777011563,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777011547\/revisions\/777011563"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777009718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777011547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777011547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777011547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}