Melaka police carried out 860 raids on gambling last year, says top cop


MELAKA: Melaka police raided a total of 862 premises for illegal gambling last year, including for selling 'top-ups', online gambling, call centres, unlicensed public lottery, indoor gaming, open gambling and illegal bookies (football bookies).

Melaka police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Abdul Majid Mohd Ali said 260 of the raids involved unlicensed public lottery activities, online gambling (565 raids), call centres (five raids), bookies (11 raids), indoor gambling (18 raids) and open gambling (three raids).

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