Thai Gov’t Unveils Details of $591M Sports Betting Crackdown, Arrests 85-Year-Old Gambler

A Thai sports-betting crackdown has led the government to shut down 4,576 World Cup-themed soccer gambling websites. The websites generated some 20 billion baht ($591 million) worth of gambling funds, per an official government release. Officials say that now that the World Cup is over, they will concentrate on other …