Nine women and three men were arrested at a house in east Pattaya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Thailand.- Police in Banglamung carried out a raid on Friday (July 5) at a house in Huay Yai Sub-district, east Pattaya, and arrested a total of 12 people for alleged involvement in illegal gambling. Weekit Manarotkit, the Banglamung district chief, said police had received tip offs. Over 40 administrative officers surrounded the large house situated near the railway tracks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Pattaya Mail, officers found two groups of six gamblers in separate rooms. There were nine women and three men, mostly elderly. Police seized paper playing cards, card tables, poker cards, card-pushing sticks and cash. Records suggested the operation had been running for 30 days and had apparently made payments to unidentified police units ranging from 3,000 to 7,000 baht. Those arrested were taken to the Banglamung District Office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
See also: <\/strong>Lau Kok Keng: \u201cA major challenge for the arrival of casinos in Thailand lies in the regulatory framework\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n In June Thailand’s Ministry of Finance announced that the final draft of a bill to legalise\u00a0entertainment complexes with casinos<\/a>\u00a0is nearly complete and will be ready for cabinet review within three to four weeks. Sixteen government agencies have had input on the proposal initially drafted by\u00a0a special House committee<\/a>. This feedback will be included in supplementary documents to the draft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If it receives cabinet approval, the bill will be sent to the Office of the Council of State for further review before being presented to the House of Representatives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Nine women and three men were arrested at a house in east Pattaya.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":22968,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Thai authorities conducted a raid in Pattaya, arresting 12 individuals involved in an illegal gambling operation, seizing cash and equipment, and uncovering alleged payments to police. Concurrently, Thailand's Ministry of Finance is nearing completion of a bill to legalize integrated resorts with casinos, with cabinet review expected soon, signaling a potential shift in the nation's gaming regulatory landscape.","focusai_entities":"Weekit Manarotkit, Pattaya Mail, Lau Kok Keng, Thailand\u2019s Ministry of Finance, Office of the Council of State, House of Representatives","focusai_location":"Pattaya, Thailand, Banglamung, Huay Yai Sub-district","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.95), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.95), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.85), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Thailand Casino Bill Impact","query":"What specific governance frameworks and B2B\/B2C licensing structures are being proposed in Thailand's draft bill for integrated resorts, and how might they impact market entry for international operators?"},{"label":"Regulatory Enforcement Strategy","query":"How will the Thai government's enforcement strategy against illegal gambling operations evolve post-legalization, particularly concerning the alleged payments to police units mentioned in the article?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[20326],"class_list":["post-777017033","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\/777017033","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=777017033"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777017033\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777017054,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777017033\/revisions\/777017054"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777017033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777017033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777017033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}