{"id":10877,"date":"2020-10-13T21:36:37","date_gmt":"2020-10-13T21:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=10877"},"modified":"2026-04-24T01:01:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T04:01:34","slug":"china-could-criminalise-promotion-of-overseas-casinos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/china-could-criminalise-promotion-of-overseas-casinos","title":{"rendered":"China could criminalise promotion of overseas casinos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The country is also considering an increase in penalties for installing casinos in the country.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

China.-\u00a0The Chinese Standing Committee of the National People\u2019s Congress has revealed it is considering an amendment that would criminalise the act of “luring” Chinese gamblers to overseas casinos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is also considering an increase in penalties for establishing casino operations within mainland China, where gambling is illegal.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

China News Service reported that the Committee will carry out a second reading of the proposed amendment to China\u2019s criminal law this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The move would be in line with China\u2019s recent clampdown on capital outflows since it identified the cross-border flow of funds for gambling as a national security risk and a potential channel for money laundering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It has already announced it intends to issue a blacklist of gambling destinations to discourage Chinese travellers from visiting them.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gambling is illegal in China except for in the Macau SAR. There have been cases in the past where casino execs were jailed<\/a><\/em><\/strong> for trying to attract local VIP players to gamble at casinos abroad.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chinese authorities calculate that about RMB1 trillion (US$145.5 billion) in funds flow out of China every year<\/a><\/em><\/strong> through gambling. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The country is also considering an increase in penalties for installing casinos in the country.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10879,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"China's National People's Congress is considering amendments to criminalize the act of \"luring\" Chinese gamblers to overseas casinos and increase penalties for establishing domestic casino operations. This legislative move aims to curb capital outflows and mitigate money laundering risks, which China identifies as national security concerns, reinforcing its clampdown on cross-border gambling activities. Macau SAR remains the sole exception where gambling is legal.","focusai_entities":"Chinese Standing Committee of the National People\u2019s Congress, China News Service","focusai_location":"China, Macau SAR","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.95), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (1.0), marketing_crm (0.9), payments_fraud_aml (1.0), investor_analyst (0.95), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Extraterritorial Enforcement Scope?","query":"What specific extraterritorial enforcement mechanisms could China employ to prosecute entities or individuals 'luring' gamblers outside its direct jurisdiction, and what are the implications for international legal cooperation?"},{"label":"Impact on Macau GGR?","query":"How might the proposed criminalization of 'luring' Chinese gamblers to overseas casinos indirectly impact Macau's Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) and its competitive positioning within the broader Asian iGaming market?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,154],"tags":[227,229,225],"class_list":["post-10877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-legislation-news","tag-china","tag-gambling","tag-legislation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10877"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10877\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21157,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10877\/revisions\/21157"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}