{"id":777017037,"date":"2024-07-08T09:44:27","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T12:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777017037"},"modified":"2026-04-22T08:25:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T11:25:31","slug":"malaysia-2-arrested-for-alleged-betting-on-euro-2024-matches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/malaysia-2-arrested-for-alleged-betting-on-euro-2024-matches","title":{"rendered":"Malaysia: 2 arrested for alleged betting on Euro 2024 matches"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>police searched apartments on Jalan Genting-Klang and Taman Wahyu on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Malaysia.- Two men have been arrested for alleged betting on Euro 2024 matches after police searched apartments on Jalan Genting-Klang and Taman Wahyu on Saturday morning (July 6). Senior assistant commissioner <strong>Mohamad Farouk Eshak<\/strong> of the Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Department&#8217;s Anti-Vice, Gambling and Secret Societies Division (D7) said the men were paid between RM3,000 and RM5,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week, <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/china-21-arrested-for-alleged-betting-on-euro-2024-matches\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">police in Beijing arrested 21 people<\/a> from three groups for suspected involvement in organising online betting on Euro 2024 matches as part of a crackdown by the Beijing Public Security Bureau. Police seized bank cards and electronic devices. In Vietnam, police in central Quang Nam Province made over 20 arrests related to <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/china-21-arrested-for-alleged-betting-on-euro-2024-matches\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">alleged illegal gambling on Euro 2024 and Copa America matches<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>police searched apartments on Jalan Genting-Klang and Taman Wahyu on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":10110,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Recent enforcement actions across Malaysia, China, and Vietnam have resulted in multiple arrests related to illegal online betting on Euro 2024 and Copa America matches. These coordinated crackdowns by law enforcement agencies underscore the persistent challenge of illicit gambling operations and their impact on market integrity and regulatory compliance within the iGaming sector.","focusai_entities":"Mohamad Farouk Eshak, Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Department\u2019s Anti-Vice, Gambling and Secret Societies Division (D7), Beijing Public Security Bureau","focusai_location":"Malaysia, Jalan Genting-Klang, Taman Wahyu, China, Beijing, Vietnam, Quang Nam Province","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (0.9), investor_analyst (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Leakage Impact?","query":"What is the estimated Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) leakage from regulated markets attributable to these illicit betting operations across Asia?"},{"label":"Cross-Jurisdictional Strategy?","query":"How do these multi-jurisdictional enforcement actions reflect evolving strategies for international cooperation in combating illegal iGaming and money laundering?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[20326],"class_list":["post-777017037","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\/777017037","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=777017037"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777017037\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777017050,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777017037\/revisions\/777017050"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777017037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777017037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777017037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}