A total of 1,830 illegal gambling sites was also said to have been blocked last year. Newsdesk Latest News, Rest of Asia, Top of the deckĪuthorities in Thailand arrested in 2022 a total of 461 people for alleged involvement in illegal online gambling websites, said the country’s Ministry of Digital Economy and Society, as cited by local media outlet the Bangkok Post.īoth land-based gambling and online gambling are illegal in Thailand.Īccording to the media report, the Thai authorities blocked 6,024 illegal website URLs in 2022, most of which were suspected of either promoting anti-monarchy sentiments or hosting illegal online gambling websites.
461 arrested in Thailand in 2022 for links to online gambling
