{"id":777047086,"date":"2026-09-07T05:02:45","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T08:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777047086"},"modified":"2026-09-07T06:33:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T09:33:07","slug":"cambodia-to-suspend-online-gambling-at-casinos-from-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/cambodia-to-suspend-online-gambling-at-casinos-from-october","title":{"rendered":"Cambodia to suspend online gambling at casinos from October"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The government plans to use the suspension period to improve regulatory systems and build specialist expertise for monitoring online gambling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Cambodia. The Cambodian government has announced plans to suspend online gambling at casinos from October 2026<\/strong>. The decision was announced by Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sar Sokha<\/strong> on Saturday during an event in Takeo province. He said the suspension follows a directive from Prime Minister Hun Manet and will apply to all casinos across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Sokha, the measure is intended to give authorities greater control over online gambling activity and the movement of funds linked to such operations. He said the volume of online transactions in the sector made it harder for authorities to monitor financial flows and identify potentially illicit funds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said the government would use the period of suspension to strengthen legislation and regulations, digital infrastructure and expertise needed to oversee the sector. However, there was no hint at how long the suspension will last. Any decision to allow online gambling operations to resume will depend on the implementation of the new regulatory and monitoring measures. Sokha said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He warned casino operators to comply with the suspension when it takes effect. Those that continue providing online gambling services could face legal action, including the cancellation of their operating licences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cambodia has introduced the new Law on Combating Technology-Enabled Scams<\/strong> in April 2026, covering offences including online fraud, scam centres and related money laundering, with penalties of up to life imprisonment. Between July 2025 and July 2026, authorities inspected 195 licensed casinos, revoked 20 licences and suspended another 29 over links to cyber-fraud operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Philippine lawmaker files bill to ban online gambling advertisements<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The government plans to use the suspension period to improve regulatory systems and build specialist expertise for monitoring online gambling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2395,"featured_media":777039295,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Cambodia's government will suspend all online gambling operations at casinos from October 2026, a directive aimed at enhancing regulatory oversight and combating illicit financial flows. This measure seeks to strengthen legislation, digital infrastructure, and specialist expertise for monitoring the sector, with non-compliant operators facing severe legal action, including license revocation.","focusai_entities":"Sar Sokha, Hun Manet","focusai_location":"Cambodia, Takeo","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (1.0), affiliate_publisher (0.7), tech_data (0.8), marketing_crm (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (1.0), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Cambodia GGR Impact","query":"What is the estimated impact on Cambodia's Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) from the suspension of online gambling, and how might this influence the valuation of publicly traded operators with significant exposure to the region?"},{"label":"Regulatory Framework Post-Suspension","query":"Beyond the suspension, what specific enhancements to Cambodia's B2B\/B2C licensing and regulatory compliance frameworks are being developed to address the identified challenges of monitoring online transactions and illicit funds?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[154,16333],"tags":[30,225,4138],"class_list":["post-777047086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legislation-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-cambodia","tag-legislation","tag-online-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777047086","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=777047086"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777047086\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777047093,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777047086\/revisions\/777047093"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777039295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777047086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777047086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777047086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}