{"id":777016320,"date":"2024-06-11T10:39:32","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T13:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777016320"},"modified":"2026-04-22T09:18:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T12:18:30","slug":"malaysia-6-arrested-for-alleged-illegal-online-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/malaysia-6-arrested-for-alleged-illegal-online-gambling","title":{"rendered":"Malaysia: 6 arrested for alleged illegal online gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The suspects were arrested by the district\u2019s Criminal Investigation Department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Malaysia.- Police in Miri have arrested six men, aged 19 to 28, in a raid on a house that was allegedly being used to run illegal online gambling. According to The Borneo Post, the suspects were arrested by the district\u2019s Criminal Investigation Department. Police seized six computers and other equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The case is under investigation under the Common Gaming Houses Act 1953. Although some forms of gambling, such as lotteries, casino games and horse racing, are legal in Malaysia, all forms of sports betting (at bookmakers) and online gambling are illegal. There is one legal land-based casino, Resorts World Genting, an integrated resort (IR) owned by <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/genting-malaysia-posts-net-profit-of-us7-8m-for-q1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Genting Malaysia<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/malaysia-police-raid-family-entertainment-centre-over-alleged-gambling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Malaysia: police raid family entertainment centre over alleged gambling<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The suspects were arrested by the district\u2019s Criminal Investigation Department.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":17082,"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 police in Miri have arrested six individuals for allegedly operating an illegal online gambling den, seizing computers and equipment. The case is being investigated under the Common Gaming Houses Act 1953, underscoring Malaysia's strict stance against online gambling and sports betting, which remain illegal despite the legality of some land-based casino operations and lotteries.","focusai_entities":"Genting Malaysia, Resorts World Genting, Criminal Investigation Department","focusai_location":"Malaysia, Miri","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.8), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on Market Integrity?","query":"What are the broader implications of persistent illegal online gambling operations on the integrity and potential future liberalization of Malaysia's gaming market?"},{"label":"Enforcement Efficacy?","query":"How effective are current regulatory frameworks and enforcement actions, such as those under the Common Gaming Houses Act 1953, in deterring and dismantling illegal online gambling networks in Malaysia?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[4138],"class_list":["post-777016320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-online-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777016320","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=777016320"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777016320\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777016339,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777016320\/revisions\/777016339"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777016320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777016320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777016320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}