BANGKOK, Sept 28 (NNN-TNA) – Thailand is taking tough measures to fight online gambling, by warning internet service providers and cell-phone operators of legal action, if they fail to block access to gambling websites.
Government spokesman, Anucha Burapachaisri, confirmed, Prime Minister, Prayut Chan-o-cha, instructed the authorities, including the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society, the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission and the police, to strictly take measures to keep children and youths away from online gambling.
For that reason, these authorities warned the ISPs and cell-phone operators in Thailand, to immediately deny access to a total of 1,202 gambling websites, under court orders, which have been earlier issued, according to the government spokesman.
These gambling portals are to be practically denied within 15 days or else the ISPs and cell-phone operators might be faced with legal action under the Computer Crimes Act and the Gambling Act.
Many people, particularly adolescents and teenagers, are feared to be addicted to online gambling and spend a lot of money on betting games, given easy access to those gambling websites so far.– NNN-TNA
