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Bangkok police roll up an illegal gambling gang that reportedly made in one million baht

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As the Thai police continue their raids on illegal gambling sites and online scams, the police have arrested a gambler who was cashing in 100 million baht per month.

Yesterday’s raid was in Bangkok after an investigation into the origin of a gambling website called PGSLOT889. Police raided a condominium in Bangkok Noi district and arrested 19 people allegedly involved in the online gambling website.

The whole venture was spread over 3 separate apartments in the Pinklao River Park View condominium in Bangkok Noi. Forensics investigated the online operations to apartments on the 11th and 15th floors.

The ICC had issued an order to search the apartments in question. Police on the spot have arrested 11 women and 8 men who will face charges for carrying out illegal gambling activities.

The nationalities of those arrested have not been reported. In those rooms, the police confiscated 27 cell phones, 30 monitors, 8 computers, 7 bank books and 17 debit cards.

Authorities studying the operation of the gambling website estimate that at least 100 million baht worth of bets were placed through the site each month. Police will continue their investigation and broaden their search to find other illegal online gambling operations that may be related to this.

Illegal gambling websites are a growing problem, possibly fueled by the economic devastation of the Covid-19 pandemic. Police have been active in investigating and tracking down these operations with the most recent arrest in Pattaya just 2 days ago, in which 6 Thai people were arrested for a site earning 10,000 baht per day.

The day before, an online gambling gang of recent graduates was arrested in Bangkok. And just a few months ago, another group of Thai and Chinese nationals were arrested in Bangkok with more than 15 million baht in assets seized during a major online gambling operation set up in four buildings.

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