Thailand's ban on all forms of land-based gambling pretty much means we won't see a licensing process for online gambling spring up at any point in the near future. The police don't really seem to care, and there's virtually no enforcement of any anti-online gambling law, so the whole situation is unclear and in a bit of a legal gray area. Many people have moved to Thailand for the express purpose of gambling online, especially Internet poker players who are no longer welcome to play in their own country (especially from the United States). When you take into account the fact that several surveys have found that well over 50 percent of the popular gambles regularly, it's easy to see that these laws simply aren't working. However, the laws do not specifically mention play on the Internet, so the laws can be interpreted either way. To start with, almost every form of gambling is illegal in this country.
Online gambling is a very loaded and complicated subject in Thailand. It borders Myanmar to the north and west, Laos to the north and east, Cambodia to the south-east, the Andaman Sea to the west and the Gulf of Thailand to the south.
