{"id":777029982,"date":"2025-08-06T08:52:48","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T11:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777029982"},"modified":"2026-04-21T20:21:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T23:21:39","slug":"thai-police-take-down-illegal-gambling-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/thai-police-take-down-illegal-gambling-site","title":{"rendered":"Thai police take down illegal gambling site"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau police raided a house in Bangkok.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Thailand.- Police have closed an alleged online gambling website operating north of Bangkok. According to the Bangkok Post, the Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau police conducted the raid on a house in the Khlong Luang area of Pathum Thani after police received information about the site Auto888vip.com.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The operation led to the arrest of a 30 year old, who allegedly handled the finances of the platform. Police seized cash, luxury cars and other assets worth about THB28m (US$865,000). They executed a search warrant approved by the Pathum Thani provincial court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to police, Auto888vip.com had around 3,000 active user accounts monthly, and processed cash withdrawals amounting to THB20m (US$618,000) per month over the past six month. An investigation is reportedly continuing with the aim of arresting others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Three Indonesians fined in Malaysia over illegal online gambling<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau police raided a house in Bangkok.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":11952,"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, specifically the Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau, have successfully dismantled an illicit online gambling operation, Auto888vip.com, in Pathum Thani, north of Bangkok. The raid resulted in one arrest, the seizure of approximately THB28m (US$865,000) in assets, and revealed the platform processed THB20m (US$618,000) monthly from 3,000 active users.","focusai_entities":"Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau, Auto888vip.com, Bangkok Post","focusai_location":"Thailand, Bangkok, Pathum Thani, Malaysia, Indonesia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.75), regulator (0.95), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.85), payments_fraud_aml (0.95), investor_analyst (0.8), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Thai iGaming Regulation?","query":"What are the broader implications of this enforcement action for the potential regulation of iGaming in Thailand, and how might it influence future licensing frameworks?"},{"label":"Black Market GGR Impact?","query":"How do the reported monthly transaction volumes of Auto888vip.com compare to estimated GGR from regulated markets in Southeast Asia, and what does this signify for market potential?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[20326,342],"class_list":["post-777029982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-illegal-gambling","tag-thailand"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777029982","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\/226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777029982"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777029982\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777029989,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777029982\/revisions\/777029989"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777029982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777029982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777029982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}