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Reading Time: 1 minute China has formed an “ethics assessment committee,” which will review online games before their release in the country. The committee comprises online gaming experts and researchers from government departments, industry institutions, and media outlets. The committee evaluates online titles that might “arouse social concerns and those that have already stirred controversies.” […]
Reading Time: 1 minute Police in Anhui Province, an eastern province in China, have nabbed eight persons in connection with alleged running of organising online gambling business. The business allegedly had about 500 gamblers and was worth 100 million yuan (around 14.6 million U.S. dollars). The police raided the office of the online casino. The […]
Reading Time: 1 minute An alleged lottery corruption scam is snowballing into a big social media controversy in China. The main allegation is that RMB136 billion (US$19.5 billion) has been eaten up by corrupt lottery administrators. It must be remembered that there has been “temporary” ban on online lottery in China for several year. The […]
Reading Time: 1 minute The Chinese authorities have blocked some of the most popular poker mobile apps, including Poker King and Poker Tribe platforms, in its renewed bid to crack down online gambling. The Chinese government wants to have a firm control over online gambling sphere. Some estimates suggest that the online poker apps used […]
Reading Time: 1 minute The Ministry of Finance has published official information about lottery sales in September in China. As per the report, Mainland lottery sales increased by 13.3 per cent year-on-year during last month’s operations. According to the report, the total lottery sales touched €5.2 billion in September. The results were fuelled by sports […]
Reading Time: 1 minute A court in the Chinese province of Shenzhen has slapped a severe punishment for persons who ran an illegal online casino based on the Chinese social messaging website WeChat and artificial intelligence (AI). The court verified the documents submitted by the police and analysed the mobile phones, laptops, and money seised […]
Zhang Wei, the chairman and CEO of the China-based gaming company Boyaa Interactive, has been sentenced to a one-year jail terms on bribery charges. This has resulted in the steep fall of the company’s share praises. The company is also scrambling to find a suitable replacement. Zhang resigned from all positions he held at […]
There have been widespread whispers about Chinese government allowing legalised gambling in Mainland China, especially after the US states started legalising sports betting. Macau, a Chinese territory, is one of the leading gambling locations in the world – perhaps second only to Las Vegas. Hong Kong, another Chinese-controlled territory, allows legalised gambling. The gambling […]
Tencent Holdings, the Chinese technology leader, has decided to shut down a popular Texas Hold’Em poker video game. This is seen as a step for compliance with government scrutiny and directions on the country’s gaming industry. Tencent said it would formally begin to shutter “Everyday Texas Hold’Em” from Monday and would closer the game’s server […]
Ministry of Finance of China has issued a rule update, firmly declaring that all unauthorised lottery sales are illegal, starting from October 1. The Ministry of Civil Affairs and the General Administration of Sport also endorsed the rule. The amendment clearly states that “online sales of welfare lottery tickets and sports lottery tickets without authorisation” […]
China has proposed a plan to control the number of online video games available in the country, it is bid to prevent myopia affecting children. General Administration of Press and Publications (GAPP), the body regulating and distributing news, print, and internet publications in the country, will control the number online video games, especially the new […]
Gambling revenue continues to soar in the Chinese territory of Macau, as it increased by 17% in August. The increase was mainly because of the active gaming by Chinese gamblers, who flocked in the country’s only legal casino hub. This is the 25th consecutive month that gambling revenues increase in Macau. Figures from Macau’s Gaming […]
The slowdown of China’s economic growth could affect Macau’s gross gaming revenue in the immediate future, says the global research team at brokerage Sanford C. Bernstein and Co LLC. The firm has released a report that predicts Macau gross gaming revenue (GGR) will be hampered, especially in the second half of 2018, by the slowing […]
Apple has pulled out the gambling apps which were criticised by the state media from its app platform in China. Gambling apps have come under heavy criticism from state media. Chinese state broadcaster has termed a number of apps on the Apple platform as “fake lotteries.” Following the criticism, Apple removed a number of apps, […]
Police in Jiangsu, China, has cracked a sophisticated gambling racket who were providing illegal online gambling services. The racket is believed to have dealt with a massive CNY7.8 billion (approximately $1.1 billion in wagers over the course of last few years. The probe into this racket was launched more than two years ago, after receiving […]
Interpol, Lyon-based international police agency, has cracked down organised crime networks engaged in illegal gambling across Asia during the Football World Cup in Russia. The agency has seised more than 1.7 million U.S. dollars and arrested hundreds of suspects. The agency has conducted more than 14,900 raids at illegal gambling dens across China, including Hong […]
Lottery business in mainland China has reported a robust growth and reached CNY245.2 billion (US$36.0 billion) in the period from January to June 2018. It represents a growth of 19.6 per cent. The largest chunk of revenue came from the sports lottery, which jumped 36.1 per cent to more than CNY134.6 billion ($19.88 billion) compared […]
In a combined operation, the Thai and Chinese police nabbed 34 persons, including 26 Chinese citizens, who were allegedly running illegal call-centre and online gambling gangs in four major provinces. The Royal Thai Police headquarters by Pol Maj-Gen Surachet Hakpal, deputy tourist police chief announced the arrests announced the arrests. Along with the Chinese police, […]
In an online-gambling cracking spree that is continuing even after the football World Cup, Police in China’s Jiangsu Province have arrested 23 people in connection with illegal online betting. The betting racket allegedly dealt with money over 4.2 billion yuan (626 million U.S. dollars). The police seised 33 servers and more than 40 mobile phones […]
The Chinese police has cracked a gambling ring that uses an illegal cryptocurrency for betting on World Cup matches. The company got bets worth US$1.5 billion in cryptocurrency. This is believed to be the first ever cryptocurrency-based betting ring in the country. The Guangdong Provincial Public Security Department released a statement late last week announcing […]