(Photos supplied/Amporn Sangkaew)Police in Pattaya have dismantled two online gambling networks in a single day with a combined annual turnover of 2.3 billion baht, following separate raids on two villas that netted 68 Indian nationals. Forty-three Indian nationals acting as administrators of gambling websites were arrested in the first raid, while 25 others were detained in the second operation for running major online gambling platforms. He said the group operated as administrators for 23 overseas-based gambling websites, including clickbetexch1, unicon360 and puple399, targeting mainly Indian customers. Officers found 25 Indian nationals working in organised roles, including marketing, accounting and customer service. A search uncovered links to at least three major gambling websites, all bearing names ending in “777”.

Source: Bangkok Post March 25, 2026 13:35 UTC