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More Arrests for Online Casinos Industry

It has not made international headlines, but the latest arrests in Kuala Lumpur are certainly startling. Just weeks ago two individuals vacationing in Turkey were arrested for their involvement with the online casino gambling industry. The latest arrests are for the same reason – one or more Victor Chandler employees are currently being held in Kuala Lumpur as the Malaysian government investigates the online casinos involvement in bringing internet gaming into Malaysia. What is alarming though is that the international media has failed to report on the issue, nor has Victor Chandler released a press statement concerning the incident.

Online casino gambling is still very illegal in many regions around the world. Although countries throughout Europe and some in South America have embraced internet gambling, much of the South Pacific region still has restrictions against the online casinos – and in some cases land gambling is also banned. As for the current case though, the PR representative for Victor Chandler, Phil Hall, commented that the Malaysian offices are used as “a customer service center, an I.T. center, and has never been used for any sort of gambling or the taking of bets. It is therefore not in breach of any Malaysian gambling laws.”

Victor Chandler is involved in the European online casino gambling and sportsbetting industry and the company’s business model does not involve operating the gambling side of the business out of Malaysia. But with the increasing pervasiveness of online gambling on the international front, this is not the first time that government officials have resorted to arrests as a way to confirm that business based in the country are not operating internet casinos.