{"id":777043898,"date":"2026-06-22T12:01:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T15:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777043898"},"modified":"2026-06-22T12:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T15:10:49","slug":"myanmar-cancels-over-100000-sim-cards-linked-to-online-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/myanmar-cancels-over-100000-sim-cards-linked-to-online-gambling","title":{"rendered":"Myanmar cancels over 100,000 SIM cards\u00a0allegedly linked to online gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The ministry has also reported the closure of over 1,000 mobile wallet accounts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Myanmar.- In a parliamentary session on June 19, Ministry of Digital Development and Communications Deputy Minister U Thet Win Aung told lawmakers that 143,409 SIM cards were deactivated between March 2025 and May 2026 after being identified as sending large volumes of identical messages linked to online gambling promotions. In the same period, 1,120 SIM cards allegedly linked to illegal financial accounts were also terminated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The minister also reported the closure of over 1,000 mobile wallet accounts tied to gambling operations, with funds in those accounts confiscated and transferred to the state under legal procedures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, between January 2025 and April 2026, access to 102 gambling-related websites and applications was blocked through IP restrictions. The Ministry said enforcement measures will remain in place across telecom and mobile payment services to detect and disrupt suspicious activity at earlier stages.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"see-also-container\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"see-also-label\">See also:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"related-article\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"related-article__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/Xi-Jinping-China-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"related-article__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"see-also-label-strong\">See also:<\/span> <a href='https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/xi-jinping-calls-on-myanmar-to-intensify-crackdown-on-online-gambling'>Xi Jinping calls on Myanmar to intensify crackdown on online gambling<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ministry has also reported the closure of over 1,000 mobile wallet accounts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2395,"featured_media":777028000,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Myanmar's Ministry of Digital Development and Communications has reported extensive enforcement actions against illegal online gambling, including the deactivation of over 143,000 SIM cards and 1,120 SIM cards linked to illicit financial activities. Furthermore, more than 1,000 mobile wallet accounts tied to gambling operations were closed with funds confiscated, and 102 gambling-related websites and applications were blocked, signaling a sustained governmental effort to disrupt unauthorized iGaming.","focusai_entities":"Ministry of Digital Development and Communications, U Thet Win Aung, Xi Jinping","focusai_location":"Myanmar","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (0.8), tech_data (0.8), marketing_crm (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (1.0), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Myanmar's Enforcement Impact?","query":"What are the projected long-term impacts of Myanmar's intensified online gambling crackdown on the regional iGaming market and potential for regulated market entry?"},{"label":"AML\/KYC Implications?","query":"How will the closure of mobile wallet accounts and confiscation of funds influence AML\/KYC compliance requirements and payment processing strategies for legitimate financial institutions operating in Myanmar?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,156],"tags":[4138],"class_list":["post-777043898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-regulation-news","tag-online-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777043898","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\/2395"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777043898"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777043898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777043903,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777043898\/revisions\/777043903"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777028000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777043898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777043898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777043898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}