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Chinese government approves AGTech’s virtual football

17 Oct 2013

Sports lottery gaming company AGTech Holdings Limited, together with its subsidiaries, announced Thursday that its virtual football televised sports lottery game has received national approval from the PRC Ministry of Finance. The game has been classified by the National Sports Lottery Administration Centre as a sports betting game and will accordingly operate with a 69 …

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Chinese illegal gambling kingpin arrested in Manila

3 Oct 2013

Officers from the Philippines Bureau of Immigration in Manila reported arresting an important fugitive from the Chinese law enforcement authorities Wednesday. They picked up Zhang Fuhui (26) in Manila’s Chinatown district, after being informed that he was wanted by the Chinese authorities on charges of operating illegal pyramid investment and gambling enterprises that have allegedly …

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Major online gambling operator pulls out of Chinese market

18 Aug 2013

The Chinese online gambling services of William Hill plc will be withdrawn from August 19 “for the forseeable future”, the betting group has advised marketing affiliates, citing the need to comply with national regulations. The notification reads: “We regret to inform you that William Hill has taken a decision to withdraw all of its online …

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Playscan expands into Chinese market

2 Jul 2013

Playscan AB, a subsidiary of Swedish Government-owned gaming operator Svenska Spel said its Playscan responsible gambling product will be integrated by FuSheng Interactive in Hong Kong along with Northberry AB in Sweden. Playscan was developed from a partnership between Playscan AB and Spelinstitutet in 2006 and launched at svenskaspel.se in 2007 and Française des Jeux …

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Major Chinese online lottery deal for VODone

2 Jul 2013

Hong Kong-listed internet video broadcasting company VODone Limited has agreed to acquire the issued share capital of Victor Choice Investments for a consideration of Chinese Yuan (CNY) 150 Million ($24.4 Million). Victor Choice holds the entire equity interest in Beijing Caiwang Bohui Technology Company Limited, (BCBTC) effectively allowing VODone to take control of BCBTC’s proprietary …

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Chinese cops bust two more online gambling rings

29 Jun 2013

Two online gambling rings in the Pudong New Area and Jing’an District of China have been broken up by police actions that included the arrest of 99 people, reports the Shanghai Daily newspaper. Shanghai police spokesmen said that the criminal enterprises involved more than 180 million yuan (US$29.31 million), and revealed that a total of …

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Former Chinese hacker now in online gambling trouble

15 Jun 2013

Li Jun, the thirty-something Chinese creator of the notorious Panda Burns computer virus which created havoc some years ago, served 3 years jail time for his sins and promised to take the straight and narrow option, but he is now in prison again – this time for running an illegal online gambling ring. The Wall …

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Major Chinese online gambling bust

7 Jun 2013

There are currently widespread reports in the mainstream Chinese media revealing that enforcement agencies have charged 17 Chinese nationals operating out of Macau as agents for online gambling operators on the island who have been targeting mainland Chinese gamblers. The bust dates back to the middle of last year following over a year of undercover …

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Chinese Welfare lottery keeps growing

7 Jan 2013

China’s welfare lottery sales hit a record 151.03 billion yuan (about $24.08 billion) in 2012, up 18 percent year on year, the Ministry of Civil Affairs announced Sunday. Government spokesmen told the newspaper China Daily that lottery sales raised more than 46.4 billion yuan for public welfare funding during 2012. China Daily reports that half …

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Chinese online gambling operators jailed

23 Dec 2012

The Shanghai District People’s Court was active last week, sentencing 25 defendants accused of being involved at various levels in operating an online gambling enterprise. Local media reports claimed that the accuseds were involved with an unidentified but internationally known top football gambling website based offshore, with prosecutors revealing that the busts were made in …

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Chinese online gambling potential

16 Oct 2012

Lawyer and specialist on the gambling industry in China, Peter Pang, gave readers of a law intelligence journal a review of the potential of the Chinese online gambling market this month, presenting relevant statistics. Pang, who joined the Washington DC law firm of Dickinson Wright last month and travels between Washington and his company in …

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Chinese lottery sales soar 26.1 percent

21 Jun 2012

The China Daly newspaper reports that lottery sales in China soared 26.1 percent year-on-year in May 2012 to reach 23.62 billion yuan ($3.75 billion), according to statistics released by the Ministry of Finance Wednesday. The growth was slightly down from the 26.4-percent rise recorded in April. Welfare lottery ticket sales reached 14.01 billion yuan in …

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Chinese lottery sales continue to boom

22 May 2012

The China Daily newspaper reports that lottery sales in China increased 26.4 percent year-on-year in April to reach 23.58 billion yuan ($3.73 billion), according to Ministry of Finance numbers released today (Tuesday.) Welfare lottery ticket sales amounted to 13.35 billion yuan in April, up 26.1 percent from a year ago, while sales of sports lottery …

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Chinese online gambling bust

16 Nov 2011

Shanghai City Police have detained eleven people for allegedly running an illegal internet gambling ring utilising overseas servers. The main suspect, surnamed Xu, is accused of setting up a gambling website and promoting gambling in Mahjong parlours in the Yangpu District in Shanghai, China said a report in the Shanghai Daily. A police raid resulted …

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Ladbrokes Chinese joint venture game soars

30 Sep 2011

Asia Gaming Technologies (Beijing) Co., Ltd (AGT), a joint venture between bookmaker Ladbrokes and Hong-Kong based lottery services provider AGTech, have announced that its “Lucky Racing” virtual sports betting game has exceeded RMB100 million in total sales following the game’s official launch on August 30 2011. The platform and game were developed by AGT in …

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Ladbrokes Chinese joint venture selects Openbet

2 Sep 2011

Asia Gaming Technologies (Beijing) Co., Ltd (AGT), a joint venture between bookmaker Ladbrokes and Hong-Kong based lottery services provider AGTech, has launched its first product to the Chinese market in cooperation with the Hunan Sports Lottery. The “Lucky Racing Game”, a sports-themed electronic random number generated lottery game where customers can choose to wager on …

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Chinese internet overseer department formed

7 May 2011

The Chinese Government announced in a statement from its State Council General Office that it will be formulating a department to manage Internet information.

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Ladbrokes partner makes inroads into Chinese market

8 Apr 2011

UK land and online gambling group Ladbrokes could have a foot in the door of the immense Chinese lottery market through its partnership with sports lottery and leisure group AGTech Holdings Limited.

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Player shops alleged Chinese online gambling operation

24 Mar 2011

China Central Television exposed what it claimed was illegal online gambling activities on its “Topics in Focus” program last week, claiming that a player had revealed that Shanda Interactive subsidiary Bianfeng Group had facilitated online gambling for real money.

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Joint venture between Betsson and Chinese state owned company

8 Feb 2011

Swedish online gaming firm Betsson AB has entered into a business relationship with a local company in China.

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Chinese lottery sales up 27 percent

7 Jan 2011

Chinese lottery sales continued to soar last year, setting new records as revenues soared 27 percent to 96 billion yuan (US$14.47 billion), the Welfare Lottery Distribution and Management Center (WLDMC) said Thursday.

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Chinese authorities reset internet gambling laws

16 Sep 2010

China’s determined enforcement of anti-online gambling laws should be strengthened by new guidelines developed for criminal law, based on police experiences in this year’s enforcement drive.

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Billions involved in Chinese crackdown

15 Sep 2010

Senior officials in the Chinese government speaking at a conference this week revealed the extent of the known illegal internet gambling business in China, informing delegates that the police had instigated 1 400 internet gambling prosecutions over the period January to August 2010 in a nationwide enforcement drive.

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Chinese police bust 17 for online gambling

15 Sep 2010

The Shanghai Daily newspaper reports that police in the Chinese city of Changzhou have arrested 17 members of an online gambling ring led by one Zeng Weiquan, seizing records and 40 million yuan in cash along with 35 computers.

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