Former Pheu Thai Official Questions Digital Minister on Online Gambling Sites Despite Casino Stance

Key summary

Sirichok Sopha, a former Deputy Secretary-General of the Democrat Party and former Member of Parliament for Songkhla Province, posted an image of Chayanak Chidchob alongside a statement opposing casinos. Sopha questioned why online gambling websites remain accessible to Thai citizens despite the Digital Economy and Society Office (DESO) having blocked nearly one million URLs, noting that 29 out of 30 tested sites were still reachable. He listed specific platforms including UFABET, 1XBET, bet365, M98, KUBET, MAXBET, Stake.com, SBOBET, W88, and 918KISS, urging Chidchob to treat the post as a formal report of these sites to the minister. The post references that the Pheu Thai Party leads the government and that the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society is under the care of a minister from that party. It also mentions that on October 17, 2026, Chidchob opened the DESO Digital Shield Forum, an online safety campaign event.