{"id":16881,"date":"2021-04-15T16:57:11","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T16:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=16881"},"modified":"2026-04-23T20:19:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T23:19:57","slug":"sands-china-decries-gambling-site-using-its-brand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/sands-china-decries-gambling-site-using-its-brand","title":{"rendered":"Sands China decries gambling site using its brand"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sands China has denounced a gambling website operating under the name of \u201cSands Macao\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Macau.-\u00a0<strong>Sands China<\/strong>\u00a0has affirmed that it has no connection to a website named &#8220;Sands Macao&#8221;, which has been<strong> offering online gaming since 2020<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It said the<strong> company has no relationship with the gambling website<\/strong>\u00a0and that the Public Security Department in China&#8217;s Guangdong province is investigating the site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The casino operator said: \u201c<strong>Sands Online Gambling Corp\u00a0<\/strong>is using our company\u2019s property name and trademarks without our permission and in breach of the law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;[The company] does not engage in online gambling activities of any kind and&nbsp;<strong>vigorously pursues all reports of trademark infringement<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>China is actively committed to ending\u00a0<strong>cross-border gambling cases<\/strong>\u00a0and arrested 110,000 people in the past year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Public Security Department<\/strong>\u00a0from Guangdong has offered those involved in cross-border gambling\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/china-continues-fight-against-cross-border-gambling-activity\">a more lenient treatment if they turn themselves to the authorities by April 30<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In January, the<strong>&nbsp;Ministry of Culture and Tourism<\/strong>&nbsp;made a&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/china-expands-gambling-blacklist\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">second selection of overseas gambling destinations<\/a>&nbsp;to add to its blacklist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sands China has denounced a gambling website operating under the name of \u201cSands Macao\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":16882,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Sands China has publicly disavowed any affiliation with an illicit online gambling website operating under the \"Sands Macao\" moniker, asserting it does not engage in online gaming. 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