Police began an investigation in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
China.- Police in China’s Yunnan Province have arrested 93 people<\/strong> on suspicion of involvement in a large-scale online gambling operation<\/strong>. Police have shut down seven apps. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The investigation began in 2021 when police discovered that a man named Wang and several accomplices were allegedly orchestrating illegal online gambling. A specialised task force was formed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It found that an internet technology company was responsible for developing the online gambling applications used. It employed a pyramid structure, designating regional agents at different levels to expand reach. Raids were carried out in nine locations within and outside the province, resulting in the seizure of 80 mobile phones and 27 computers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Online gambling is strictly prohibited in China. Last year, authorities signed various cooperation agreements<\/a> with countries in the region to combat online and cross-border gambling. In addition, in 2020, the Chinese government established a blacklist of destinations<\/a> to which cross-border transfers are restricted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Police began an investigation in 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":25403,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Chinese authorities in Yunnan Province have apprehended 93 individuals and dismantled seven illicit online gambling applications, uncovering a pyramid-structured operation that leveraged an internet technology company for development. This enforcement action underscores China's stringent prohibition on online gambling and its escalating efforts, including international cooperation and blacklisting, to combat cross-border illicit gaming activities.","focusai_entities":"Wang, internet technology company","focusai_location":"China","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.95), operator_casino (0.8), tech_data (0.75), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Cross-border enforcement impact","query":"How will China's enhanced cross-border cooperation agreements and destination blacklists impact the operational viability and risk profile for iGaming operators targeting grey markets in Southeast Asia?"},{"label":"Tech supplier liability","query":"What are the potential legal and reputational ramifications for B2B technology suppliers whose platforms or development services are implicated in large-scale illegal gambling operations, particularly in jurisdictions with strict prohibitions?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,439],"tags":[23911,4138],"class_list":["post-777006841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-legal-news","tag-gambling-regulation","tag-online-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777006841","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=777006841"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777006841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777006868,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777006841\/revisions\/777006868"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777006841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777006841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777006841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}