Cabinet nod for draft Entertainment Complex Act, legalising online gambling on the cards
WITH the government having approved in principle the draft Entertainment Complex Act today (Jan 13) and assigned the Council of State to review it, the next move is possibly bringing online gambling above ground as the Digital Economy and Society Ministry believes doing so would be good for the economy, Thai Rath newspaper said. […]
Read MoreFake vitamins purchased online endangers patient
A DOCTOR issued a warning through a Facebook user that one of his patients gained 5kg after taking fake vitamins sold at a popular online marketplace that were actually a steroid and an appetite stimulant, TV Channel 7 said this morning (Jan. 3). A Facebook user who goes by the name “Drama Addict” quoted […]
Read MorePhumtham slams netizens alleging govt took better care of floods in the North
DEPUTY Prime Minister/Defence Minister Phumtham Wechayachai angrily denied that the government took better care of floods in the North that the current one raging in the far South with relief supplies not delayed as alleged by some netizens online, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (Nov. 30). Phumtham said he had sent Deputy Defence Minister Gen. […]
Read MoreOnline casino’s equipment seized while being shifted from Myawaddy to Poipet
A POLICE and military unit patrolling Mae Sot border area late last night (July 14) ran into a group of Myanmar smugglers moving an online casino’s computer equipment into the country from Myawaddy township with this likely being taken across the country to Cambodia’s Poipet border town across from Aranyaprathet, Amarin TV said this […]
Read MoreAlmost 24 million baht seized in gambling website raids
CYBER Crime police raided five places used to run an online gambling website with a billion baht monthly turnover and seized nearly 24 million baht in cash, Amarin TV and Naewna newspaper said today (May 18). Pol. Lt. Gen. Worawat Watnakhonbuncha, head of the Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau, said operation “Hang Up” had targeted […]
Read MoreTaopoon police station chief changes his mind, not resigning anymore
THE SUPERINTENDENT of Taopoon police station who wanted to resign because he could no longer cope with the pressure of handling an online website case involving both National Police Chief Pol. Gen. Torsak Sukwimon and Deputy National Police Chief Pol. Gen. Surachet Hakphan, nicknamed Big Joke, has changed his mind and is no longer […]
Read MoreAll posters promoting gambling websites disappear as police move in
BEFORE POLICE arrived to investigate online gambling websites having without let or fear mounted a bus advertising campaign in Chiang Rai city, all the drivers of large and small four-wheel buses plus tuk-tuks had already removed the posters, Naewna newspaper said late last night (Mar. 23). Pol. Lt. Col. Chantarit Laophairojcharee, deputy chief for […]
Read MoreOnline gambling websites mount bus advertising in Chiang Rai
SOME ONLINE gambling websites have boldly launched a bus advertising campaign in Chiang Rai city with this leading to a large number of residents complaining but officials have yet to take any action to stop it, Naewna newspaper said today (Mar. 22). An inspection of Chiang Rai Provincial Bus Terminal No. 1 where around […]
Read MoreBig Joke dismisses involvement in money-laundering, online gambling charges
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DEPUTY POLICE CHIEF Pol.Gen. Surachate Hakparn, nicknamed Big Joke, yesterday (Feb.16) dismissed allegations that he had been involved in money-laundering and running a gambling website. The well-known deputy police chief admitted that as many as eight police officers under his command had been accused of alleged involvement in the money-laundering […]
Read MoreDozen online gambling operators nabbed in Chiang Mai
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A DOZEN SUSPECTED ONLINE gambling operators were today (Jan.13) rounded up at a cosy den in Chiang Mai, police said. In a police raid on the rented house in Mae Rim district of the northern province, the 12 young suspects, male and female, were arrested on charge of running the […]
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