The Royal Thai Police Operations Center (ศปอส.ตร.) and Provincial Police Region 1 are moving forward to dismantle an online gambling network active during the World Cup period, with turnover exceeding 48 million baht per month. They arrested another admin who had worked in Poipet, Cambodia, for over five years but decided to return home amid conflict to work locally.
On 25 June 2026, Police General Thana Chuang, Deputy Commissioner of the Royal Thai Police and Director of the Police Operations Center, along with Police Lieutenant General Jiraphop Phuridet, Assistant Commissioner and Deputy Director of the Center, Police Major General Trairong Piwpan, Deputy Inspector General and Deputy Director, ordered Police Major General Thinkorn Rangmat, Deputy Commander of the Technology Crime Suppression Division and Head of the Investigative Unit at the Center, Police Major General Worachart Saenkham, Commander of the Investigation Division 1, and other senior officers to lead a joint operation by the Center and Investigation Division 1 to crack down on a major online gambling network in Bang Khun Thian, Bangkok, revealing monthly turnover exceeding 48 million baht.
According to government policy and Police General Kittirat Phanphet, Commissioner-General of the Royal Thai Police, relevant agencies have been ordered to intensify efforts to suppress and arrest online gambling networks, especially those operating illegal football betting that openly defy the law, while also monitoring and preventing youth involvement during the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
The Police Operations Center team and the Investigation Division 1 jointly discovered the online gambling website “miiragroup.net” with 22,958 members and turnover exceeding 48 million baht per month, or over 576 million baht annually. The site illicitly offered foreign football betting and various other gambling services, operating from a base in the Tha Kham area of Bangkok. Authorities gathered evidence and obtained a court search warrant.
Using Thonburi Criminal Court search warrant number 125/2569, police searched a room in a social housing building on Soi Anamai Ngamcharoen 31, Tha Kham subdistrict, Bang Khun Thian district, Bangkok. They arrested Ms. Joy (alias), 28, and seized one computer and one router as evidence.
During interrogation, Ms. Joy admitted to working as an admin who guided customers through registration and gambling processes for this website for over one year. Previously, she had worked as an admin at an online gambling site in Poipet, Cambodia, for more than five years but returned home during border conflicts to work locally, earning 25,000 baht per month.
She faces charges of "jointly organizing gambling or using tricks to lure, advertise, or directly or indirectly persuade others to gamble without official permission; conspiracy of two or more persons to commit money laundering; and committing money laundering due to conspiracy." She is currently held for further legal proceedings.