Thai cyber police confirmed on November 2, 2026 that they have received financial data from three digital asset exchanges connected to the online gambling website Shuffle, and held a meeting the same morning to plan operations. Police Major General Siriwat Deephor, deputy inspector general assisting the Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau, disclosed the details at a press briefing at the bureau's Division 2 headquarters in Pak Kret, Nonthaburi, after being assigned to explain the case to a parliamentary law committee1.
Siriwat said the exchanges provided information on financial movements linked to Shuffle, and that a meeting was held that morning to set the operational approach. He said operations on the case will definitely take place1. He also said 80 special operations teams have been set up to handle the matter, and that the investigation and preparations were already underway before the case drew public attention1.
Siriwat said Shuffle is registered in Curacao and differs from the gambling sites police normally shut down, most of which use Thai bank accounts for deposits and withdrawals. Shuffle transactions run through digital assets: players must convert money into cryptocurrency, then into an in-platform coin to play, which makes tracing the money more complex and requires data from exchange platforms1. He said police must first pursue players in Thailand to establish that an offense occurred in the kingdom, then expand the case to the organizers abroad, citing Section 5 of the Criminal Code on offenses committed outside the country that affect Thailand1.
"ขณะนี้ตำรวจได้รับข้อมูลจากแพลตฟอร์มซื้อขายสินทรัพย์ดิจิทัล หรือเอ็กซ์เชนจ์ จำนวน 3 แห่ง"
On wider enforcement, Siriwat said police have sent roughly 900,000 gambling website addresses to the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society for blocking, but only about 30 percent have been blocked. He said artificial intelligence is used to scan for offending sites and that the public can report tips through a cyber hotline1.
| Item | Figure |
|---|---|
| Exchanges providing data | 3 |
| Special operations teams | 80 |
| Sites sent for blocking | about 900,000 |
| Share actually blocked | about 30 percent |
| Registration country of Shuffle | Curacao |
What it means for players
Under the principle Siriwat described, police can pursue both players and organizers of online gambling in Thailand, and the stated approach is to build cases against players in the country first before extending the investigation to organizers abroad1. That means people in Thailand who used Shuffle, including expats and visitors, fall within the scope of the case as described, and the money trail data now held by police comes from exchange records rather than Thai bank accounts1. The complexity Siriwat described, converting money into cryptocurrency and then into an in-platform coin, is the reason police say they needed exchange data to trace transactions1. No arrests, charges or asset seizures in the Shuffle case have been reported.
What happens next
Siriwat said operations will take place and asked the public to follow concrete results, with details to be explained to the media once the work is complete1. He said the case will proceed once officers can investigate and prosecute players in Thailand, after which the financial trail and evidence will be used to connect to organizers abroad1. No date has been given for any operation.
For background on how such cases are handled in the region, see Gambling Scams in Asia and Gambling in Thailand.
