Thailand mulls legalizing casino gambling as anti-COVID strategy
Thailand's exploding COVID-19 infection rate has government mulling legalizing casinos to reduce exposures at illegal gambling dens.
Thailand experiencing an attitude change in its drug war
Thailand still hasn’t made most drugs legal, but a failing drug war and high demand might mean a gradual liberalization of the space.
Thailand, Malaysia cracking anti-online gambling whips
Thailand disrupts a major online gambling operation that handled a staggering $480m in six months; Malaysian online busts ensnare crooked cops.
Thailand’s anti-online gambling push targets social networks, ISPs
Thailand's new anti-online gambling campaign puts foreign social networking giants, local telecom providers, ISPs on notice.
Casino, online gambling proposed by Thailand MP
The leader of Thailand’s Civilized Party suggests its time for Thai’s to have a place closer to home to gamble at, and for the country to collect the taxes.
AirAsia pushing for Macau-Thailand travel bubble
AirAsia’s CEO suggested that since the two locations have their Covid-19 situation under control, a travel bubble should be considered.
The “claw crane” becomes the latest target of gambling opponents
It was bound to happen sooner or later. Soon, gambling opponents will figure out how to spin any activity into having ties to gambling, regardless of how innocuous it may be.
Online gambling ads on video file-sharing sites under scrutiny
Authorities and rights holders are taking a tougher stance on pirate video sites that derive advertising revenue from online gambling sites.
Thailand gambling ban a failure, according to new survey
A new gambling participation survey finds 30.4m Thailand citizens aged 15+ had gambled this year, a 1.5m rise over 2017 survey results.
Thailand warns 3.3m residents of online gambling data breach
Thailand government’s cyber watchdog warns that up to 3.3m of its citizens’ data may have been compromised via association with online gambling sites.
