{"id":39053,"date":"2019-08-21T08:27:41","date_gmt":"2019-08-21T08:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/?p=39053"},"modified":"2019-08-21T08:27:41","modified_gmt":"2019-08-21T08:27:41","slug":"cambodian-government-ceases-new-licenses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/cambodian-government-ceases-new-licenses\/","title":{"rendered":"Cambodian government ceases new licenses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Calibri Light',sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-36754\" src=\"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Online-Gambling2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Online-Gambling2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Online-Gambling2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Online-Gambling2-220x146.jpg 220w, https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Online-Gambling2.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>It has been confirmed that the Cambodian Government has, with immediate effect, stopped issuing new online licenses within the country. The directive,\u00a0 which was signed by the Prime Minister Hun Sen on the 18<sup>th<\/sup> of August, is part of an effort to clamp down on illegal gambling actives within the nation. <\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Calibri Light',sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Calibri Light',sans-serif;\">It is claimed that this news follows a number of licenses being issued, with it being estimated that more than 150 have been granted in recent months. <\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Calibri Light',sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Calibri Light',sans-serif;\">However, the announcement comes amidst huge concerns within the Asian country, where there is a significant number of illegal operators. It\u2019s believed that these organisations are actively targeting Cambodian and foreign players. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Calibri Light',sans-serif;\">Many of these operations are said to be operating out of the Shihanouk province, a locality that has often been in the media for this reason. In recent months, it was proven that fraudsters in the area were using iGaming as a way to cheat and extort money from players.<\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Calibri Light',sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Calibri Light',sans-serif;\">The directive alleges that this illegal behaviour is having damaging consequences on the economy and social order of the country. <\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Calibri Light',sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Calibri Light',sans-serif;\">As a result, the directive has confirmed that the government will no longer be issuing or renewing licenses and in addition there will be no further updates to current regulations. <\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Calibri Light',sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Calibri Light',sans-serif;\">This move means that licensees will be able to operate until the date that their license expires, after which point, they will be asked to leave the country and immediately shut down operations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Calibri Light',sans-serif;\">The directive also instructs law enforcement officials to intensify their search for unlicensed operators and to take tough action on any and all that are identified. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Calibri Light',sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has been confirmed that the Cambodian Government has, with immediate effect, stopped issuing new online licenses within the country. The directive,\u00a0 which was signed by the Prime Minister Hun Sen on the 18th of August, is part of an effort to clamp down on illegal gambling actives within the nation. \u00a0 It is claimed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":39054,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,3,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-igaming","category-latest"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Cambodian government ceases new licenses - iGaming Post<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/cambodian-government-ceases-new-licenses\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cambodian government ceases new licenses - iGaming Post\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It has been confirmed that the Cambodian Government has, with immediate effect, stopped issuing new online licenses within the country. 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