{"id":18861,"date":"2021-06-10T16:21:01","date_gmt":"2021-06-10T16:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=18861"},"modified":"2026-04-23T18:41:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T21:41:50","slug":"china-announces-new-measures-against-cross-border-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/china-announces-new-measures-against-cross-border-gambling","title":{"rendered":"China announces new measures against cross-border gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Cyberspace Administration of China has announced four new measures to fight cross-border gambling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">China.- China continues to wage war on <strong>cross-border gambling<\/strong>, both online gambling and gambling at casinos beyond\u00a0<strong>China\u2019s borders.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, the<strong>\u00a0Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC)<\/strong>\u00a0has announced four new measures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Global Times, the CAC&#8217;s proposal includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Enhancing precision strikes on overseas gambling groups.<\/li><li>Strengthening supervision of blockchain services and related platforms.<\/li><li>Consolidating the responsibility of online platforms.<\/li><li>Forming effective structure within responsible authorities.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Authorities will punish online platforms that <strong>provide paid promotion services for overseas gambling<\/strong>. The CAC will also<strong> monitor blockchain services<\/strong>, including cloud storage and virtual private network services (VPN) to have more extensive control.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since authorities declared a form of amnesty in February, <strong>914 residents of mainland China have confessed<\/strong> to involvement in&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/china-914-confess-to-cross-border-gambling-crimes-in-amnesty\">cross-border gambling crimes<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Ministry of Public Security said that\u00a0<strong>police have investigated more than 18,000\u00a0<\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/china-18000-cases-of-cross-border-gambling-detected\">cross-border gambling cases<\/a>\u00a0and arrested 110,000 people since 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Zhao Kezhi, the minister of public security,&nbsp;<strong>police also detected 2,800 illegal payment platforms<\/strong>, more than 3,400 gambling platforms and over 2,200 gambling promotion platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Police also raided underground banks and&nbsp;<strong>1,400 illegal technical teams connected to cross-border gambling<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cyberspace Administration of China has announced four new measures to fight cross-border gambling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) has announced four new measures to intensify its crackdown on cross-border gambling, targeting both online operations and overseas casinos. These measures include enhanced precision strikes, stricter supervision of blockchain services, consolidation of online platform responsibilities, and improved inter-agency coordination. This initiative follows significant enforcement actions since 2020, underscoring China's sustained commitment to combating illicit gambling activities.","focusai_entities":"Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), Global Times, Ministry of Public Security, Zhao Kezhi","focusai_location":"China, mainland China","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (0.9), tech_data (0.8), marketing_crm (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (1.0), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on B2B Suppliers?","query":"How will the increased supervision of blockchain services and technical teams impact B2B suppliers providing platform or payment solutions to operators with cross-border exposure?"},{"label":"Regulatory Precedent?","query":"What precedent does China's intensified cross-border gambling enforcement set for other jurisdictions grappling with similar illicit activities and digital service oversight?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,439,158],"tags":[23911],"class_list":["post-18861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-legal-news","category-slider-home","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18861","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\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18861"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18861\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18892,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18861\/revisions\/18892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}