{"id":777045017,"date":"2026-07-17T08:07:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T11:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777045017"},"modified":"2026-07-17T08:29:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T11:29:54","slug":"malaysia-reports-457562-gambling-content-takedowns-since-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/malaysia-reports-457562-gambling-content-takedowns-since-2025","title":{"rendered":"Malaysia reports 457,562 gambling content takedowns since 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The removals accounted for 98 per cent of the 467,772 takedown requests submitted following active monitoring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Malaysia.- The Ministry of Communications<\/strong> has said that authorities removed 457,562 pieces of online gambling-related content and blocked 1,778 gambling websites between January 1, 2025 and May 31, 2026. The figures were provided in a written parliamentary response yesterday (July 16), following a question from Datuk Dr Richard Rapu<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the ministry, the removals accounted for 98 per cent of the 467,772 takedown requests submitted by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC)<\/strong> and law enforcement agencies. It added that while the Royal Malaysia Police<\/strong> leads enforcement against illegal gambling under the Common Gaming Houses Act 1953<\/strong>, the MCMC blocks gambling websites under the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998<\/strong> and the Online Safety Act 2025<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a separate parliamentary reply, the ministry noted that the MCMC submitted 275,787 requests to remove scam-related content between January 1, 2022 and June 30, 2026, with service providers acting on 262,293 requests, 95 per cent of the total. The ministry said the government is strengthening efforts to curb online scams through the National Scam Response Centre (NSRC) <\/strong>and the Safe Internet Campaign<\/strong>, which has reached 10,303 schools <\/strong>and higher education institutions across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Malaysia arrests four in illegal cockfighting gambling raid<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The removals accounted for 98 per cent of the 467,772 takedown requests submitted following active monitoring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2395,"featured_media":777044057,"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 authorities, led by the Ministry of Communications, removed 457,562 pieces of online gambling-related content and blocked 1,778 gambling websites between January 2025 and May 2026. These actions, accounting for 98% of takedown requests, were executed under the Common Gaming Houses Act 1953, Communications and Multimedia Act 1998, and the Online Safety Act 2025. This demonstrates a robust enforcement posture against illicit iGaming operations and online scams.","focusai_entities":"Ministry of Communications, Datuk Dr Richard Rapu, Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC), Royal Malaysia Police, National Scam Response Centre (NSRC)","focusai_location":"Malaysia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.8), affiliate_publisher (0.7), tech_data (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Malaysia Enforcement Impact","query":"What are the long-term implications of Malaysia's aggressive content takedown and website blocking strategy on the potential for a regulated iGaming market, and how does this compare to other Southeast Asian jurisdictions?"},{"label":"Regulatory Framework Efficacy","query":"How effective are the combined legislative frameworks (Common Gaming Houses Act 1953, Communications and Multimedia Act 1998, Online Safety Act 2025) in curbing the proliferation of illegal online gambling and scam content in Malaysia, and what further measures are anticipated?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[154,16333],"tags":[4138],"class_list":["post-777045017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legislation-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-online-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777045017","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=777045017"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777045017\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777045037,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777045017\/revisions\/777045037"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777044057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777045017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777045017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777045017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}