{"id":25018,"date":"2021-11-30T11:21:34","date_gmt":"2021-11-30T14:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=25018"},"modified":"2026-04-23T13:22:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T16:22:35","slug":"china-promises-tough-action-on-online-gambling-platforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/china-promises-tough-action-on-online-gambling-platforms","title":{"rendered":"China promises tough action on online gambling platforms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Miao Shengming, head of the first prosecutor\u2019s office at the Supreme People\u2019s Procuratorate, has said the country will take strong measures against online gambling platforms offering products to Chinese citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

China.- Authorities in China have no intention on relaxing their clampdown on online gambling. Miao Shengming, <\/strong>head of the first prosecutor\u2019s office at the Supreme People\u2019s Procuratorate said in a press conference that China will continue to take tough action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said 255,850 had been arrested and charged in relation to 98,069 cases of \u201copening casinos\u201d from 2018 up to September 2021. Some 63,238 were prosecuted between January and September this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said: “Criminals used the internet technology, such as software and platforms, to connect gamblers, casinos and their proxies.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zhang Xiaojin, from the Supreme People\u2019s Procuratorate<\/strong>, told South China Morning Post “because of stronger actions against dark and evil elements, and cross-border gambling, cases have increased and prosecutions have also increased.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He added: “As traditional gambling moves online, casinos are opening in the guise of games of chess and cards for great profits, harming our country\u2019s economic security.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The comment come after Alvin Chau Cheok Wa<\/a>, CEO of Suncity Group Holdings, was arrested in Macau on accusations of cross-border gambling and money laundering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In June, the Cyberspace Administration of China announced four new measures<\/a> to fight cross-border gambling. Authorities also said they would punish online platforms that provided paid promotion services for overseas gambling<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CAC also announced the monitoring of blockchain services<\/strong>, including cloud storage and virtual private network services (VPN) to have more extensive control. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Miao Shengming, head of the first prosecutor\u2019s office at the Supreme People\u2019s Procuratorate, has said the country will take strong measures against online gambling platforms offering products to Chinese citizens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":25038,"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 Supreme People\u2019s Procuratorate has affirmed its commitment to a stringent crackdown on online gambling platforms targeting Chinese citizens, citing over 255,000 arrests in nearly 100,000 cases since 2018. Authorities are intensifying actions against cross-border gambling, including monitoring enabling technologies like VPNs and blockchain services, and penalizing promotional activities for overseas operations. This sustained enforcement highlights significant regulatory and operational risks for entities involved in the iGaming sector with exposure to the Chinese market.","focusai_entities":"Miao Shengming, Supreme People\u2019s Procuratorate, Zhang Xiaojin, Alvin Chau Cheok Wa, Suncity Group Holdings, Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC)","focusai_location":"China, Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.95), operator_casino (0.95), affiliate_publisher (0.9), tech_data (0.9), marketing_crm (0.9), payments_fraud_aml (0.9), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.9), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Tech Monitoring Impact","query":"How will China's expanded monitoring of blockchain services, VPNs, and cloud storage impact the operational resilience and data security strategies of iGaming platforms and their B2B suppliers?"},{"label":"Cross-Border Enforcement","query":"What are the specific implications for international iGaming operators and affiliates regarding the increased enforcement against cross-border gambling and the prosecution of individuals like Alvin Chau Cheok Wa?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,439],"tags":[229,23911,4138],"class_list":["post-25018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-legal-news","tag-gambling","tag-gambling-regulation","tag-online-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25018","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=25018"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25044,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25018\/revisions\/25044"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}