Police crack down on Euro football betting, arrest 224 websites

The final is near! Summary of the results of the crackdown on online and on-site Euro 2024 betting. Police have already cracked down on 224 websites, arresting nearly 4,000 suspects. Today (13 July 2024), Pol. Lt. Gen. Akkaradej Pimolsri, Assistant Commissioner of the Royal Thai Police, revealed that the Center for the Prevention and Suppression of Gambling on Euro 2024 Results of the Royal Thai Police has instructed all relevant units to suppress gambling in all dimensions throughout the 17th European Football Championship or Euro 2024, which will take place from 14 June to 14 July 2024. Results of the arrest of illegal gambling on Euro 2024 football results nationwide in the past week, from July 5 - 11, 2024, a total of 666 suspects were arrested, divided into: The on-site gambling operation resulted in the arrest of a total of 462 suspects, consisting of 5 bookmakers, 456 players, and 1 ticket seller. The total turnover was 48,013 baht. Online gambling arrests: 59 websites were arrested, with a total of 204 suspects, divided into 54 gambling organizers, 150 players, with a total of 540,439,319 baht circulating in the system. Summary of statistics on arrests of online and on-site gambling since the opening of the center on June 14 to July 11, 2024, there were a total of 3,863 arrests, divided into: On-site gambling arrests of 3,017 people, divided into 50 bookmakers, 2,944 players, 23 ticket sellers, with a turnover of 443,655 baht. Online gambling arrests in 224 websites, 846 suspects in total, divided into 145 online gambling organizers, 701 players, with a total of 2,465,209,989 baht circulating in the system. Most recently, the Technology Crime Suppression Division (TCSD) launched an operation to break up 3 major European football betting websites, finding a monthly turnover of over 130 million baht. Pol. Lt. Gen. Akaradej said that this is the final stretch of the Euro 2024 football competition, which will have its final round on July 14. The Royal Thai Police, through the Euro 2024 Football Gambl ing Prevention and Suppression Center, is continuing to suppress illegal gambling both online and on-site. He emphasized that football gambling is illegal under several sections of the law, including those organizing gambling, gamblers, and advertisers who are heavily punished with both imprisonment and fines. Source: Thai News Agency