In Malaysia, Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (pictured) has reportedly revealed that the government is considering whether to tighten the rules on illegal gambling due to a recent explosion in the use of mobile devices to access online casinos and other banned websites.
Hamidi reportedly explained that the nation’s top police officials had already met with Attorney General Mohamed Apandi Ali to consider ways of amending the Common Gaming Houses Act 1953 but were also contemplating whether to formulate new anti-gambling legislation. (READ SO: ONLINE GAMBLING. CHINA GOVERNMENT WILL BECOME A VPN PROVIDER)
The government was giving ‘special attention’ to ways of improving laws against online gambling as the activity ‘can be conducted via smartphones’ and had become ‘rampant right now’. He declared that online casinos can often lead to the collapse of families along with the uncontrolled flow of money out of the country.
The Deputy Prime Minister reportedly stated that officials from the nation’s Ministry of Home Affairs had additionally collaborated with Interpol as well as numerous telecommunications providers to block online casinos based in neighboring countries as well as in Las Vegas and Macau.
