The Malaysian government is set to change its current gambling laws in order to plug the loopholes that make it possible for persons to gamble online.

Free Malaysia Today reported that changes will be made in the country’s Common Gaming House Act 1953 in order to prevent citizens from accessing online gambling sites and mobile applications.

Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said that the government hasn’t decided on whether the change of the law will be in the form of an amendment or if the parliament will craft a new preventive law that will specifically target online gambling activities.

“Special attention should be given to improve online gambling laws because online gambling activities, which can be conducted via smartphones, are becoming rampant right now,” Zahid said at the sidelines of the National Transformation 2050 (TN50) dialogue at Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Serdang.