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Two of China’s state-controlled media – the People’s Daily and Xinhua News Agency – have launched attacks on the video gaming industry in what observers believe is a veiled warning from government that it may consider tighter controls. Reporting on the development, Forbes business noted that further restrictions could have wide ranging impacts on the …
According to reports from the Bloomberg business news service, the Chinese government has ramped up its restrictive moves to control of the internet, directing state-operated telecomm companies to institute blocks on VPN services by February 1 2018. The move follows a general crackdown on internet enforcement announced earlier this year by the government (see previous …
Thai Police have arrested 13 suspects alleged to have been running an illegal online gambling syndicate in the coastal town, and tourist hotspot, Pattaya. The crackdown follows a previous investigation in which the arrest of five of the Chinese suspects, alleged to have been part of the gambling ring, led to further raids and the …
Following a tip-off from the public Thai police swooped on a multi-storey commercial building in Pattaya this week, shuttering an illegal Chinese-facing online gambling operation and arresting 13 Chinese nationals allegedly running the enterprise. The Bangkok Post reports that 15 computers, along with other evidence of criminal conduct was seized by police officers, and that …
Chinese internet commerce giant Tencent, which acquired Finnish mobile games developer Supercell for $8.6 billion last year (see previous reports) has announced a new eSports project to construct an “eSports-themed industrial park” in the city of Wuhu, China. The park will include a “gaming university, cultural and creative park, animation industry park, creative neighbourhood, Tencent …
203 individuals have been arrested in northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, according to a report from the online news site China.org.cn, which claims that the arrests are in connection with a 100 million yuan (US$14.5 million) fake lottery scam. Over 100 of those arrested will face serious criminal charges, a police spokesman told reporters, revealing that …
Early reports from China are that the dockets for 18 Crown Resorts employees – including three Australian nationals from the company’s VIP marketing team – have been delivered to the district prosecutor in Shanghai’s Baoshan District People’s Procurate. The Crown employees, swept up in an anti-illegal gambling operation over six months ago by Chinese authorities, …
China’s Ministry of Finance has released the March sales figures for Chinese lotteries, showcasing continue growth. Year-on-year, overall lottery sales rose 6.3 percent in March to the equivalent of US$5.5 billion, with Welfare sales up 3.8 percent to CNY 19.8 billion in the month, and Sports lottery sales up 9.2 percent to CNY 18.1 billion. …
The Bureau of Immigration in the Philippines has been active this week, arresting a total of 55 allegedly illegal Chinese immigrants engaged in illegal gambling operations in the Bataan Freeport Zone. In the latest raid, 38 Chinese nationals were detained and taken to the BI detention centre in Taguig. A BI spokesman said that their …
According to reports in China’s state media the government is planning a major clampdown on attempts by foreign land casino operators to lure high rolling Chinese punters to their casinos, and on the growing problem of illegal online gambling on the mainland. The state’s Xinhua news agency reported Wednesday that Public Security Minister Guo Shengkun …
The Chinese police have reported the arrests of 96 hackers in a massive police action across 14 provinces, with spokesmen revealing that the suspects are highly educated technicians who gained access to vast amounts of private information that included account passwords and ID numbers. The police operation was mounted to combat data and private information …
The presidentially-driven initiative against illegal online gambling operators in the Philippines continued Monday with the arrest in a police raid in Pasig of 15 Chinese and one Filipino national. Philippine National Police spokesman Senior Superintendent Dionardo Carlos said agents of the Anti-Cybercrime Group served a search warrant on YD International Inc., at the 18th floor …
Australian land casino operators are taking a far more cautious approach to attracting Chinese high rollers following the arrests of 15 Crown Resorts Chinese employees and three visiting Aussie execs last year and their continued incarceration (see previous reports), but the Chinese clampdown on big spenders is in any case impacting business. This week the …
China’s Year of the Fire Rooster and new year celebrations have inspired Prague online gambling games developer Endorphina’s latest online slot, a 5 reel game titled Chunjie (spring festival) The Chunjie theme features traditional and colourful Chinese symbols with deep spiritual meaning, including firecrackers, golden yuanbao, lucky tangerines and traditional coins. The highlight of the …
MoneyGram, an e-cash processing company and rival to Western Union as a popular method of making online gambling transactions, has been acquired for an undisclosed consideration by Ant Financial, a company associated with the Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba. MoneyGram shares rose 10 percent as news of the deal broke Thursday, but CNN opined that there …
Chinese online lottery operator 500.com has announced major executive changes to the company with the apparently amicable departure of director and chairman Man San Law, as well as director Weiguo Zhao from its board of directors, effective January 20, 2017. In a stock exchange filing Sunday the changes were announced, with Lian Qi taking over …
100 of the 1,317 allegedly illegal Chinese workers busted at the Lam online gambling centre in the Clark Freeport late last year (see previous reports) have been ordered deported by the Philippines Bureau of Immigration (BI). Nineteen of them left the country last weekend as the BI continued to process the deportation of the rest …
Last November’s mass arrests by Philippines police and immigration officials of 1,317 allegedly illegal immigrant Chinese nationals working in the online gambling industry (see previous reports) was the subject of legal arguments in a Manila court this week, when 39 of those arrested contested the legality of the warrant. Representing the thirty-nine plaintiffs, defence lawyer …
The Malaysian government deported 744 Chinese citizens, mainly on online gambling offences, last year according to Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. The official said that China has expressed its appreciation and praised the efficiency of the Royal Malaysia Police in combating one syndicate that was based in Malaysia and involved nationals …
Macau online gambling mogul Jack Lam’s Philippines troubles keep mounting following a Department of Justice filing Friday by the activist group Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC) against him and four others accused of illegal fronting. Lam’s whereabouts are presently unknown, but local media reports named four other people accused of helping him circumvent the …
Philippines Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre piled more agony on the embattled (and now departed from the Philippines) online gambling operator Jack Lam Tuesday, revealing that claims by Lam lawyers that he has a Cagayan permit to carry on online gambling business are false. Aguirre last week accused Lam of attempting to bribe him and Pagcor …
A Chinese legal expert has offered some unsolicited advice to Crown Resorts, the Aussie gambling group that is still trying to arrange the release from almost two months in detention of 17 of its employees – including three visiting Australian managers – arrested on gambling promotion-related accusations (see previous reports). Chen Youxi, director of Hangzhou-based …
There appears to be some confusion over exactly how many Chinese individuals detained by Philippines Immigration officials managed to escape in the early hours of last Thursday. When news of the escapes surfaced this week the number of escapees was given as 70, all but 26 of whom had been recaptured, however a different story …
The Philippine Department of Justice has reported receiving up to P200,000 (GBP 3216) for the release of each of the 1,316 Chinese nationals arrested last week in the Fontana Leisure Park and Casino raids (see previous reports). According to Global Nation Enquirer, the revelation from Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II comes as the Philippine Bureau …