Thailand: 2 arrested over illegal online gambling operation

Police in Thailand have arrested two men for operating online gambling websites and handling up to US$627,000 per month in bets.

Thailand.- Officers raided a house on Song Kwai Road and arrested two men for operating an online gambling website during the 2020 European Football Championship.

Ppolice seized notebook and desktop computers, 19 bankbooks and 200 grams of marijuana.

Those arrested are aged 36 and 22. They are reported to have admitted to working with a gambling website called gothambetvip, which handled between US$313,500 to US$627,000 per month in bets.

Police have stepped up action against illegal gambling operations in Thailand, recently arresting 53 people who had booked out a whole resort in the Muang district to operate a call centre for an illegal online gambling network.

During the raid, officers seized computers, 300 phones and other assets related to gambling operations.