Twenty-four casinos in Cambodia have stopped offering online gambling and betting after the government’s 30 September deadline.
Authorities said the casinos, located in Preah Sihanouk, Banteay Meanchey and Svay Rieng provinces, had also dismantled and removed equipment used for online gambling activities.
The action forms part of Cambodia’s wider crackdown on casino operations and online scam networks.
Casinos End Online Betting Across Three Provinces
Inspection results from the Secretariat of the Ad Hoc Commission for Combating Online Scams show that 12 of the affected casinos are in Preah Sihanouk, seven in Banteay Meanchey and five in Svay Rieng.
The prohibition covers all online gambling and betting, whether conducted inside or outside casino premises. It includes live-streamed casino gambling, online football betting, online lottery activity and online bird-fighting betting.
Officials from the anti-scam commission, the Commercial Gambling Management Commission of Cambodia, local governments and other agencies took part in the inspections.
Licence Reviews And Asset Seizures Continue Across Cambodia
The move follows the revocation of 18 casino licences in September. A further nine licences were suspended while authorities continued gathering evidence and investigating the operators.
Authorities are working with judicial police, prosecutors, provincial courts and the Cambodia Financial Intelligence Unit. Measures include freezing, seizing and confiscating assets belonging to casino owners or shareholders implicated in the cases.
Cambodia stopped issuing new online gambling licences in 2019 and did not renew existing licences after they expired. Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sar Sokha later said Prime Minister Hun Manet had ordered a suspension of live-streamed online gambling from casinos.
Authorities said such activity made it harder to monitor suspicious funds. Casinos that continue to offer online gambling after the deadline could face legal action.
Cambodia’s latest enforcement action shows that the government is treating online gambling controls as part of a broader anti-scam and financial-crime strategy. The removal of equipment and the use of asset-freezing powers suggest regulators are targeting infrastructure and ownership structures, not only individual websites.
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