Enforcement: How hard does the regulator enforce?

Enforcement intensified sharply in October 2026. The Commercial Gambling Management Commission of Cambodia and the Secretariat of the Commission for Combating Technology Crimes launched a coordinated multi-agency inspection sweep across sixteen casino-hosting provinces beginning that month, targeting covert online gambling at licensed casino premises. The government has explicitly cited the Law on Anti-Online Scams and the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Financing of Terrorism Law as the legal basis, framing unregulated online gambling as a form of technology-enabled scamming and placing licensed casinos within AML/CFT reporting-entity scrutiny. This sweep follows a prior-cycle enforcement record of 20 casino licences revoked and 29 suspended, as reported in August 2026. Independent reporting continues to test the completeness of this enforcement picture: an Al Jazeera investigation broadcast 10 October 2026 alleges continuing fraud, coercion, trafficking and drug activity at the Long Bay resort in Dara Sakor, Koh Kong, with alleged official protection, a claim not yet corroborated by a specific government response. The Prime Minister's September statement that scam compounds "no longer exist" has likewise been contradicted by continued third-party reporting. The principal revocation risk driver for an operator is detected non-compliance with the online-gambling suspension at premises level, which the October sweep is designed to surface.