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4 Chinese, 3 Taiwanese nabbed for online gambling

MANILA, Philippines - Four Chinese and three Taiwanese who were allegedly running an online gambling hub in Las Piñas City have been arrested by the Bureau of Immigration (BI). Chinese nationals Zhang Quanbao, Song Tianming, Yu Liming and Liu Jianxin as well as Taiwanese Li Yi Liang, Huang Hsin-Chiang and Lin Yue Hong are being held at the BI…
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Casino plans spur 'Nimby' complaints

Thailand's casino plans are causing mixed reactions among the public even though a special House committee studying the feasibility of entertainment complexes including legal casinos says they are likely to bring in massive revenue. The House of Representatives on Thursday approved a report on the proposal to set up a casino-entertainment zone,…
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Casino project shapes up

Feasibility study to be deliberated by House A report by a special House committee studying the feasibility of allowing an entertainment complex to be built that includes legal casinos is expected to be deliberated on Thursday, a member of the committee said on Tuesday. Aimed at raising tax revenue from legalising gambling businesses in a…
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Online Gambling Law in Thailand

In Thailand, almost all types of gambling are prohibited. Although online gambling is not directly mentioned in the law, it is included in the gambling category as a whole. However, gambling is a significant industry in Thailand. Numerous studies have shown that around 60% of Thais partake in gambling, sports betting, or poker. A study found that…
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Cops bust THB3bil online gambling network as Thais bet ‘billions’ on World Cup

BANGKOK (The Nation/Asia News Network): Cybercrime police have made five arrests and seized cash, vehicles and assets worth over 1 billion baht in raids at 13 locations to bust a gambling network operating www.scg9.club. The website had about 3 billion baht in circulation, swelled by bets on the World Cup in Qatar, police said. Gambling is illegal…
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Cops bust THB3bil online gambling network as Thais bet ‘billions’ on World Cup
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Cops bust THB3bn online gambling network as Thais bet ‘billions’ on World Cup

The website had about 3 billion baht in circulation, swelled by bets on the World Cup in Qatar, police said. Gambling is illegal in Thailand outside of the government lottery and horse racing but the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce estimates Thais will bet about 57.2 billion baht (US$1.6 billion) on the World Cup. National Police chief…
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Cops bust THB3bn online gambling network as Thais bet ‘billions’ on World Cup
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B1bn assets impounded from online gambling network

Police raided 13 premises suspected of running online gambling in Bangkok and Chiang Rai on Tuesday, and impounded assets worth about 1 billion baht for examination. The raids were launched to bring down a gambling website called SCG9, said Pol Gen Damrongsak Kittiprapas, the national police chief. The website had been operating for three years,…
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B1bn assets impounded from online gambling network
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500 online gambling websites targeted by CSD raids

Crime Suppression Division (CSD) police raid a house in Muang district of Khon Kaen on Monday morning, part of an operation against operators illegal gambling websites. (Photo: police) Crime Suppression Division (CSD) police on Monday launched a large operation, codenamed "Hanuman vs online casino mafia", against gambling websites based in 14…
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CSD raids target online casino 'mafia'

Crime Suppression Division (CSD) police yesterday launched a large operation, codenamed "Hanuman vs online casino mafia", against gambling websites based in 14 provinces. The operation, led by CSD commander Pol Maj Gen Montree Thetkhan, involved about 350 police and targets 63 premises in 14 provinces countrywide -- Khon Kaen, Bangkok, Chiang Mai,…
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Operation Hanuman busts gambling franchise with 500 websites

BANGKOK (The Nation/Asia News Network): Crime Suppression Division (CSD) police launched 63 simultaneous raids in 14 provinces to bust a large online gambling network with over 100 franchises and 500 websites, police announced on Monday (Nov 14). The simultaneous raids were directed by CSD commander Maj Gen Montree Theskhun from the Provincial…
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Operation Hanuman busts gambling franchise with 500 websites
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Thai police say broke up large-scale online gambling gang

Police in Thailand say they have broken up an alleged online gambling network said to operate about 500 illegal betting websites. According to local media outlet The Nation, the Crime Suppression Division police said in a Monday briefing that the suspected gang had been operating for more than 10 years, having recruited about 2000 people to staff…
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Thai police say broke up large-scale online gambling gang
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Thai police bust nationwide gambling franchise with 500 websites

The simultaneous raids were directed by CSD commander Maj Gen Montree Theskhun from the Provincial Police Bureau's training centre in Khon Kaen. Over 350 officers from several police agencies took part in the so-called Operation Hanuman to Take Down Online Casino Mafia. The raids were focused on Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Khon Kaen, Phitsanulok,…
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Thailand considers legalising casinos

Gambling has existed in various forms across the world throughout history, experiencing both tolerance and prohibition depending on the period of time and locality. Since the 1930s, Thailand's relationship with gambling of all kinds has been tense. The first half of the 20th century saw the country pass the 1935 Gambling Act, prohibiting all forms…
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Taking the casino punt

Bitter contention over legalising casinos in the kingdom may be closer to a resolution than many people think with the release of a report citing overwhelming public support for the idea. Essential legal groundwork for casinos could be laid before parliament finishes its term early next year. The report, prepared by a committee formed on the order…
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Steve Chiang's Fortis is a new game company backed by Las Vegas Sands

Fortis founders (left to right) Shawn Foust, Steve Chiang, and Calvin Lau. Interested in learning what's next for the gaming industry? Join gaming executives to discuss emerging parts of the industry this October at GamesBeat Summit Next. Register today. Fortis, a new video game company started by former Warner Bros. gaming leader Steve Chiang, is…
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B46m in assets seized in gambling bust

Police have arrested six people accused of being part of an online gambling network and seized cash and other assets worth about 46 million baht. Five women and one man are in custody after officers from the Police Cyber Taskforce (PCT) raided a house in Bangkok allegedly used for operating the online gambling website 888Point (Eaddy), said Pol Maj…
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Gambling with Thailand's future

Whether you support it or not, betting and gambling dens have been commonplace in much of Thailand for a long time, despite authorities' attempts to stamp it out. Thai people love playing cards and betting on sports, particularly football and cockfighting, although gambling is currently illegal here. Casinos in the border town of Poipet, Cambodia,…
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Public support for Thailand casino resort

In Thailand and a new survey has reportedly revealed that almost 81% of respondents would support the idea of legalizing gambling and allowing foreign firms to construct and operate at least one Las Vegas -style casino resort. According to a Thursday report from The Thaiger news service citing an earlier story from the Matichon daily newspaper, the…
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Thai Committee Discussed Five Casino Locations

The legal status of gambling in Thailand has been a hot topic for a while now and finally, some changes are being seriously discussed. Five casinos have been proposed by the National Assembly Committee, with official proposes to the House scheduled for this November. Thailand is a very well-developed tourist destination, attracting rich visitors…
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Thai Committee Discussed Five Casino Locations
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Panel touts a casino for each region

Thailand could accommodate five casinos -- one in each of its five regions -- according to the House committee studying the feasibility of opening such entertainment complexes. Ideas for the legalisation of casinos to earn revenue, collect taxes from the complexes, as well as curb illegal casinos, slot machines and online gambling were discussed in…
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THAILAND Green light for casinos

The idea first emerged in December, but several civil society groups oppose it. A special committee is called to report on the economic benefits and social repercussions of casinos. Domestic and international developments, such as Macau's crisis, could help the initiative. Bangkok (AsiaNews) - Last December, the Thai government announced that it…
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Escapee Tells of 300 Thai Sex Slaves in Myanmar Casino

An escapee who wishes to remain anonymous has claimed there are nearly 300 Thai women who are being held as sex slaves at a casino near the Thailand-Myanmar border. The Bangkok Post reported the 25-year-old woman's ordeal on Saturday, after she had filed a complaint Thursday with the Royal Thai Police. According to her story, she escaped with…
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Escapee Tells of 300 Thai Sex Slaves in Myanmar Casino
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2 members of online gambling website caught

Two members of an online gambling website with over 50 million baht in circulation have been caught separately in Chiang Mai and Prachuap Khiri Khan provinces. Pol Lt Gen Amphon Buarabporn, commissioner of Provincial Police Region 8, on Wednesday announced the arrest of the two suspects -Nirawit Chanthaphoon and Somsak Chernthong - on warrants…
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Phuket gold shop robber probe nets B3.7mn cash, online gambling arrests

PHUKET: The arrest of the Myanmar man who robbed a gold store in Phuket Town last year has led to the arrests of two wanted men for operating an illegal online gambling website and the seizure of B3.7 million in cash, police announced today (Apr 6). Region 8 Police Commander Pol Lt Gen Amphol Buarabporn announced the news at Tha Chatchai Police…
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3 rescued from Chinese casino

Three Thai women have been repatriated after they were duped into working for scammers for a Chinese-run casino in the Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Laos' Bokeo province. Chiang Rai's permanent secretary Kanok Srivichainan yesterday welcomed the three victims at the fourth Thai-Lao friendship bridge in Chiang Khong district, after…
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Gambling Evidence To Be Allowed In Councilman's Corruption Trial

LOS ANGELES, CA - A federal judge Monday denied a bid by Jose Huizar to suppress evidence that the former Los Angeles city councilman was removed from a Las Vegas casino after refusing to reveal the source of tens of thousands of dollars of gambling money he was using when he was identified as an elected city official. During a lengthy hearing to…
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Gambling Evidence To Be Allowed In Councilman's Corruption Trial
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FBI: Huizar refused to ease suspicions of corruption at Las Vegas casino

By FRED SHUSTER, City News Service Jose Huizar was allegedly escorted out of a Las Vegas casino while he was a Los Angeles city councilman after he was identified by employees as an elected official and "politically exposed person" and refused to certify the source of his gambling money, according to documents filed by federal prosecutors on…
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Rolling dice on casinos

For decades there has been no single issue more divisive than that of whether to legalise casino gambling. A plan to build a major casino venue as part of an entertainment complex was recently put before the House of Representatives which voted 310 to nine in favour of setting up an extraordinary committee to study it. Headed by Deputy Transport…
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18 arrested in newest raid on illegal gambling operators in Thailand

Police in Thailand have raided two residential houses used for online gambling and arrested 18 people involved in the illegal activity. The services that were being offered include online gambling sites and betting on football matches. Under the Anti-Money Laundering Act, police seized 16 computers, eight luxury cars and THB11m ($337000) in cash…
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18 arrested in newest raid on illegal gambling operators in Thailand
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Over a Hundred Illegal Slot Machines Seized from Pattaya Warehouse

Based on a tip off on the Chonburi Province's "Report Illegal Gambling" Official Line Channel, 161 slot machines have been seized that were hidden in a warehouse near Pattaya, Thailand. Located close to schools and local communities, 101 slot machines were found in a single room on the commercial premises, and 60 more were found in another. The…
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Over a Hundred Illegal Slot Machines Seized from Pattaya Warehouse