Malaysia puts the kibosh on calls to legalize online gambling

Now that Singapore has finally allowed online gambling, albeit in a far more limited form, in the city-state, hopes are high that its neighbor Malaysia may soon follow.

Not likely.

Malaysian authorities were quick to dash those hopes to the ground, telling local news outlets that they have no plans of proposing to the government to legalize online gambling in the state. Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar, Inspector General of Police, doesn’t see the need to add to the gaming activities that are existing in Malaysia today, such as four-digit betting.

“I think we have enough means for the people to gamble; we have Magnum, Toto and so on,” Khalid told reporters, according to Channel News Asia.