{"id":777013339,"date":"2024-02-21T08:29:08","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T11:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777013339"},"modified":"2026-04-22T12:48:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T15:48:17","slug":"cambodia-cgmc-reminds-authorities-to-control-illegal-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/cambodia-cgmc-reminds-authorities-to-control-illegal-gambling","title":{"rendered":"Cambodia: CGMC reminds authorities to control illegal gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Commercial Gambling Management Commission of Cambodia has issued a directive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Cambodia.- The <strong>Commercial Gambling Management Commission of Cambodia (CGMC)\u00a0<\/strong>has issued a directive instructing licensed commercial gambling agencies and relevant authorities to combat illegal gambling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The statement indicated that licensed commercial gambling agencies must strictly comply with the conditions imposed by their licence, including their visibility and scope. Authorities were instructed to monitor and manage the operation of licensed commercial gambling regularly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The directive urged authorities to cooperate with competent bodies to stop illegal and unlicensed gambling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hun Manet<\/strong>, the prime minister of Cambodia, recently issued a voice message ordering governors to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/cambodias-prime-minister-orders-crackdown-on-gambling-venues\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">conduct thorough inspections of gambling venues<\/a>\u00a0and to close down any operating without authorisation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Commercial Gambling Management Commission of Cambodia has issued a directive.<\/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":"The Commercial Gambling Management Commission of Cambodia (CGMC) has issued a directive mandating strict compliance for licensed commercial gambling agencies and instructing authorities to combat illegal gambling. This initiative, reinforced by Prime Minister Hun Manet, aims to enhance regulatory oversight and eliminate unauthorized operations within the Cambodian iGaming sector.","focusai_entities":"Commercial Gambling Management Commission of Cambodia (CGMC), Hun Manet","focusai_location":"Cambodia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"CGMC Enforcement Scope","query":"What specific new enforcement mechanisms or penalties will the CGMC implement to ensure strict compliance with licence conditions and combat illegal gambling effectively?"},{"label":"Market Impact Analysis","query":"How will the intensified crackdown on illegal gambling and stricter oversight of licensed operators impact the Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) and Net Gaming Revenue (NGR) projections for the Cambodian market in the next 12-24 months?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[23911],"class_list":["post-777013339","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\/777013339","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=777013339"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777013339\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777013350,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777013339\/revisions\/777013350"}],"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=777013339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777013339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777013339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}