Police arrested 18 gambling suspects at a resort in Thailand’s northeastern province of Nakhon Ratchasima yesterday. The suspects reportedly used all 10 rooms of the Lake Pine resort to operate 2 playing websites. Officers seized 10 desktop computer systems, 5 notebook computers, 30 mobile phones, and 12 bank account books, according to Police Colonel Wiwat Jitsophakul from the Crime Suppression Division.
Wiwat said the raid comes after an investigation into complaints that a Youtuber, “Jah Rok’’, inspired people to put bets on-line. He mentioned the 18 suspects arrested have been directors for the two websites, which made no less than 20 million baht in bets per thirty days. He stated the websites, biz99.bet and aladdin.bet, had about 900 million baht in circulation.
Wacky operated for 4 years in Cambodia earlier than the network began operating them in Thailand last year. The community rented the resort for 30,000 baht a month, and each administrator was paid 15,000 baht a month. Lake Pine resort is located in Pak Chong district.
Nearly all forms of gambling are illegal in Thailand. Although leaders of smaller events are pushing to legalise online casinos, for now, on-line gambling remains a no-no within the country. Regular Police crackdowns and raids on gamblers and underground playing dens are frequent within the country.
In March, the Thai Police Cyber Taskforce raided a Nonthaburi luxurious home, the place they believed 10 suspects helped facilitate gambling activities. Police stated the home had been rented for 10 days. The network allegedly operated 4 of their websites from the house, with greater than 200,000 people registered and a turnover of more than 200 million baht. The taskforce discovered that the house was connected to 16 other areas in Bangkok that police had raided earlier on the same day.
SOURCE: Bangkok Post