Gambling News - May 2005 Edition

"China Hits Net Gambling Hard"

1,300 people arrested in Shanghai in Internet gambling raids

Chinese law enforcement agencies detained more than 1,300 people in Shanghai involved in Internet gambling. This was part of China’s ongoing battle to stem the growing Internet gambling trade in the country. The raid targeted all the places where Chinese authorities believed Internet gambling was taking place, including private homes, net cafes and nightclubs

Chinese officials claim that the Taiwan-based gambling business has been working with known Chinese criminals for almost a year now. In fact, in the most recent raid, two of the people arrested out of the 1,300 are on China’s national “most-wanted” list and are known to have ties with illegal online gambling businesses.

This was not the first raid on Internet gambling operators in China. Earlier this year, six hundred people involved in online gambling were arrested and CNY23m (1.5m Pounds Sterling) was seized. Also, approximately 220 people were arrested in a series of raids on a “clandestine Internet-based gambling company”.

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