{"id":34833,"date":"2022-10-26T16:37:39","date_gmt":"2022-10-26T19:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=34833"},"modified":"2026-04-23T03:33:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T06:33:28","slug":"witnesses-link-suncity-to-multiplier-bets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/witnesses-link-suncity-to-multiplier-bets","title":{"rendered":"Witnesses link Suncity to multiplier bets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Four witnesses have said that the former Macau junket operator may have been linked to another entity handling multiplier bets in some Macau gaming rooms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Macau.- The Suncity trial in Macau has heard from four witnesses who gave testimony about the link between Suncity and multiplier betting. All four witnesses that appeared yesterday (October 26) said were employed by Tin Commercial Agency<\/strong>, a company headed by Cheong Chi Kin, one of the 21 defendants in the case. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prosecutors allege that the agency was set up by an illegal gambling syndicate led by former Suncity boss Alvin Chau Cheok Wa<\/a>. The former employees of Tin Commercial Agency said they did not receive any job guidance from Chau but confirmed they had received periodic \u201ctips\u201d at Suncity Group\u2019s office. All claimed to be unaware of the source of the tips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lei Weng Chun<\/strong>, one of the witnesses, said he helped gamblers play multiplier bets and described the relationship between his former employer and Suncity as \u201cmutual assistance\u201d. Weng Chun and Lo Fan Seng<\/strong> said they had brought clients to other VIP rooms in Macau casinos, which were run by other junket operators such as Tak Chun Group or directly managed by the city\u2019s six gaming operators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, Lei noted the only money he had received was from Suncity’s accounting department since no money had come from other junket operators or gaming operators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chau Cheok Wa has denied accusations that he ran under-the-table betting<\/a> for high rollers, but Cheong Chi Kin<\/strong>, a former colleague, said the former Suncity Group boss knew about the multiplier betting business. Kin said that it was one of the \u201chot\u201d gaming techniques in Macau\u2019s gaming industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to Chau Cheok Wa, 21 others are being tried at the Court of First Instance, facing charges of illegal gaming, criminal association, fraud, and money laundering. The trial will continue today (October 27).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Four witnesses have said that the former Macau junket operator may have been linked to another entity handling multiplier bets in some Macau gaming rooms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":25494,"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 Suncity trial in Macau continues with witnesses testifying about alleged links between the former junket operator and illegal multiplier betting schemes. Former employees of Tin Commercial Agency, a company allegedly set up by Alvin Chau Cheok Wa, confirmed receiving payments from Suncity's accounting department for facilitating such bets, despite denying direct guidance from Chau. The trial addresses charges of illegal gaming, criminal association, fraud, and money laundering, highlighting significant regulatory and operational risks within Macau's gaming sector.","focusai_entities":"Suncity, Tin Commercial Agency, Cheong Chi Kin, Alvin Chau Cheok Wa, Lei Weng Chun, Lo Fan Seng, Tak Chun Group, Suncity Group","focusai_location":"Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (0.98), compliance_legal (0.95), operator_casino (0.9), payments_fraud_aml (0.92), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Junket Model Impact?","query":"What are the potential long-term implications of this trial for the viability and regulatory oversight of the junket model in Macau's gaming industry?"},{"label":"Regulatory Enforcement Changes?","query":"How might the outcome of this trial influence regulatory enforcement strategies against illicit betting operations and money laundering globally, particularly in jurisdictions with similar VIP gaming structures?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,439],"tags":[23702],"class_list":["post-34833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-legal-news","tag-suncity-group"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34833","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=34833"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34833\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34870,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34833\/revisions\/34870"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}