Thai Government Reveals $591M Sports Betting Crackdown, Arrests
A Thai sports-betting crackdown has led the government to shut down 4,576 World Cup-themed soccer gambling websites.
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Thai Buddhist Monk Receives 12-Year Sentence for Embezzling in
Following a highly publicized gambling and sex scandal, former senior Thai Buddhist monk Phra Thepwatcharasitthimethi, known by his lay name as Wirach, was convicted by Thailand’s Central Criminal Court to 12 years in prison.