Online Gambling Problem in Thailand

March 29, 2008

It seems that online gambling has become an issue for many countries, and Thailand is among them. They have discovered that many of their residents are actually participating in the realm of online gambling even though it is illegal.

Online gambling continues to sweep the country, even though the government has made it very clear that it is illegal – and has been very persistent in its efforts to pass laws that clearly state it is illegal. But they are still finding that more and more residents are turning to online gambling anyway.

The Thai Department of Special Investigations has been trying without success to identify the different owners and operators of the online gambling sites. They have gotten some information in regards to online betting, but that is a small part of the puzzle.

They say that those that are found to be running these illegal online gambling sites will have their assets frozen, and they will be arrested and prosecuted. They say that they have numbers in the tens of thousands in as far as the number of people participating in online gambling right now.

It seems that it is a younger generation that is involved in the online gambling, and much of it is those that would be betting on soccer games. They account for a large part of the online gambling, but not all of it. They say that they are aware that many countries have tried to stop, or at least curb online gambling, but have not yet been successful.




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