{"id":777013199,"date":"2024-02-15T10:13:13","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T13:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777013199"},"modified":"2026-04-22T12:59:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T15:59:51","slug":"malaysia-15-arrested-over-illegal-online-cockfighting-betting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/malaysia-15-arrested-over-illegal-online-cockfighting-betting","title":{"rendered":"Malaysia: 15 arrested over illegal online cockfighting betting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Police carried out a raid at a house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Malaysia.- Police have made 15 arrests in a raid ata house in Beris Kubor Besar, Bachok. Officers said the men were placing bets whiles watching a cockfight via a Thai television channel. The men were aged between 25 and 74. Police seized the television and RM$628 in cash. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the New Straits Times, those arrested had been watching Thai cockfights for the past few months and had each paid between 2 and 20 RM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/15-investigated-for-alleged-buying-and-selling-of-casino-chips-at-mbs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">15 investigated for alleged buying and selling of casino chips at MBS<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police carried out a raid at a house.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":24984,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Malaysian authorities conducted a raid in Bachok, arresting 15 individuals for illegal betting on cockfights streamed via a Thai television channel. The operation highlights ongoing enforcement efforts against illicit gambling activities, even those operating at a localized, informal scale, with cash seizures and arrests made.","focusai_entities":"New Straits Times","focusai_location":"Malaysia, Bachok, Beris Kubor Besar, Thailand","focusai_target_profile":"regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.85)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on Regulated GGR?","query":"What are the broader implications of such localized, informal illegal gambling operations on the regulated iGaming market's integrity and GGR capture in Malaysia?"},{"label":"Enforcement Strategies?","query":"How do enforcement agencies in Malaysia typically identify and disrupt low-tech, cross-border illegal betting rings, particularly those leveraging foreign media, and what resources are allocated to this?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[20326],"class_list":["post-777013199","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\/777013199","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=777013199"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777013199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777013206,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777013199\/revisions\/777013206"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777013199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777013199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777013199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}