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Chinese online gambler in court

17 Aug 2010

Four Chinese men picked up in raids by the Shanghai police in June this year for facilitating online betting on World Cup football games have appeared in court, accused of helping more than 20 gamblers to wager a total of 51 million yuan (around $7.5 million) through an unidentified illegal offshore online gambling website.

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Another massive Chinese internet gambling bust

13 Jun 2010

The massive nation-wide anti-online gambling blitz by Chinese police continued as the week ended, with spokesmen reporting the destruction of a major online gambling syndicate based in the Jiangsu Province.

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Chinese authoritites detail anti-online gambling action

13 Jun 2010

Chinese enforcement officials have unveiled some interesting statistics related to the country’s determined assault on illegal online gambling websites, reports The China Daily.

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Chinese threats, but gambling online continues

26 May 2010

According to a report in the Chinese publication Global Times, the threats by Beijing enforcement agencies to clampdown on World Cup football betting are being ignored by many online sports betting sites that continue to evade police raids.

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Chinese internet controls to be tightened

3 May 2010

The Chinese government is about to tighten the internet screws on activities that it deems to be undesirable – including online gambling – in a new initiative to tighten controls, reports Associated Press.

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Chinese reports on internet gambling blitz

31 Mar 2010

The multi-ministry war being waged by the Chinese government on Internet gambling continues to hammer companies as well as individuals, according to a progress report issued this week by the Ministry of Culture.

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There´s more to come, warns Chinese Minister

28 Feb 2010

Commenting on the recent slew of arrests in raids on Internet gambling operations in China, a director of the government’s cyber security bureau warned this week that there was more of the same in the pipeline.

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Chinese lottery coup for Betex

25 Jan 2010

The UK group Betex Group plc has announced that its Chinese operation has signed an exclusive 5-year contract with Nanjing Welfare Lottery Management Centre to launch and operate a new retail lottery concept across Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu Province.

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Chinese football veteran gets three years for internet gambling

23 Jan 2010

Former Chinese soccer star Lv Dong has been sentenced by a court in the north eastern city of Dashiqiao to three years in prison for operating an Internet sports betting ring. He was also required to pay a fine of 1.5 million yuan – about $200 000, reports the news agency Xinhua.

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Chinese love a flutter

11 Jan 2010

The Daily Telegraph carried an interesting article over the weekend in which it examined the firmly established gambling culture of the Chinese nation, a pastime that has continued to flourish despite being largely outlawed on the Chinese mainland since the Communist Party took power in 1949.

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Chinese warning on internet gambling

2 Jan 2010

The Chinese government used an announcement of Internet pornography prosecution statistics this week as a further opportunity to caution that online pornography, gambling and “…other sites deemed harmful to society” remained its primary targets in the “purification of the Internet.”

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Record Chinese lottery win boosts local business

17 Oct 2009

The anonymous resident of Anyang City in the Henan Province of China who last week cracked the biggest lottery prize in recent Chinese history has unwittingly caused a flood of betting pilgrims to come to the city, boosting local business.

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Stanley Casinos ready launch of Chinese circus

3 Oct 2009

Stanley Casinos is launching a Chinese-language version of its online Circus Casino as part of its plan to integrate Internet and offline brands, reports Casinos International.

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Chinese Mobile Lottery business growing fast

10 Aug 2009

The Chinese new media mobile lottery operator VODone Limited has claimed some startlingly fast business development in its instant Internet broadcasting of lottery results and mobile lottery business, “Constant Lottery”.

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Chinese rounders?

16 Jul 2009

The upcoming Asian Poker Tour this August will set the scene for what could be a Chinese version of the popular US poker movie Rounders, increasing awareness of the game as a sport.

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Are Chinese officials turning to online gambling

27 Jun 2009

Stephen Wong, writing in the publication Asia Times Online this week made the interesting observation that Communist Party aparatchiks and Chinese government officials could be turning to online gambling for their entertainment and profit in a reaction to government crackdowns on corruption and misappropriation of public funds.

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Liberalising Chinese gambling

7 Mar 2009

Liberalising gambling laws could help China survive the global economic downturn, sports officials told the annual meeting of China’s parliament this week, according to a report from the Reuters news agency.

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Online gambling a problem at exclusive Chinese schools

25 Feb 2009

Some 100 students at an exclusive Chinese school have been expelled on allegations of running up gambling debts of over GBP 100 000 (1 million yuan) in an illegal gambling ring, reports the UK newspaper The Telegraph this week.

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Sentences handed down in major Chinese gambling trial

16 Feb 2009

What is being described as China’s largest online gambling case yet came to a conclusion in a Shanghai court over the weekend, when twenty defendants involved in a $1-billion online football gambling case were fined and sentenced to prison terms ranging from one to six years. All 20 accuseds pleaded guilty in January 2009, when …

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Chinese gambling company teams with new virtual city

13 Feb 2009

The latest in virtual cities, ICyou.se’s Interactive City, has signed an agreement with the Hong Kong based Bele gambling group which will foster cooperation and promotion for both in the Chinese market.

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Chinese sports news site signs for Mahjong Time games

28 Jan 2009

Mahjong Time, which provides online mahjong gaming software and is an official partner of the World Series of Mahjong (WSOM), has signed Chinese online sports news company Sportscn as a licensee of its mahjong game software.

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Corrupt Chinese official sentenced to death

16 Jan 2009

The death sentence imposed on corrupt Chinese government official Li Shubiao in 2005 has been confirmed by the Chenzhou Intermediate People’s Court following a retrial for graft and misappropriation of public funds, reports the Xinhua news agency this week.

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Chinese censors at work again

22 Dec 2008

The world’s largest Internet population – the Chinese – were deprived of access to the New York Times last Friday, according to the newspaper.

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Chinese gambling sweep targets Shanghai

12 Dec 2008

The Chinese goavernment’s drive against illegal gambling focused on the major urban and industrial city of Shanghai this week, with the Shanghai Daily newspaper reporting the arrest of over 500 persons alleged to be either gamblers or operators of illegal gambling facilities.

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