{"id":777016890,"date":"2024-07-02T09:24:28","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T12:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777016890"},"modified":"2026-04-22T08:34:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T11:34:07","slug":"93-arrested-for-alleged-illegal-sports-betting-in-guangdong-hong-kong-and-macau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/93-arrested-for-alleged-illegal-sports-betting-in-guangdong-hong-kong-and-macau","title":{"rendered":"93 arrested for alleged illegal sports betting in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Police in Macau, Hong Kong, and Guangdong conducted a joint operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Macau.- Police from Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macau have made 93 arrests in a joint operation against illegal sports betting. Some 50 people were arrested in Macay where police seized over MOP8m (US$1m) in various currencies, including Hong Kong Dollars and Chinese Renminbi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to authorities, the group used overseas servers to run websites offering betting on football and basketball with attractive odds. Officers said the operation was well-organized, with distinct roles for members, including bankers, agents, and recruiters. Four of those arrested had been previously detained for a separate money laundering case, while four were suspects in an illicit gambling case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-gaming-related-crime-rises-by-122-in-q1\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Macau gaming-related crime rises by 122% in Q1<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police in Guangdong made 42 arrests: 38 men and four women. They seized RMB80m (US$11m) in cash and froze over 90 bank accounts containing RMB20m (US$2.8m). In Hong Kong, police arrested a man in Tuen Mun who is believed to have facilitated over HK$8m (US$1m) in wagers from June last year to March this year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also: <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-lawmakers-seek-clarification-on-legality-of-mahjong-gambling\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Macau lawmakers seek clarification on legality of mahjong gambling<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police in Macau, Hong Kong, and Guangdong conducted a joint operation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":777011924,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"A joint operation by police in Macau, Hong Kong, and Guangdong resulted in 93 arrests and significant asset seizures, including MOP8m and RMB80m in cash, targeting well-organized illegal sports betting networks utilizing overseas servers. The illicit operations involved distinct roles, with some arrestees having prior records for money laundering and illicit gambling. This crackdown underscores ongoing efforts to combat black market activities impacting regulated gaming verticals.","focusai_entities":"Police, Guangdong Police, Hong Kong Police, Macau Police","focusai_location":"Macau, Hong Kong, Guangdong, China, Tuen Mun","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.9), payments_fraud_aml (1.0), investor_analyst (0.85), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on Regulated GGR?","query":"What is the estimated impact of such large-scale illegal sports betting operations on the Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) and Net Gaming Revenue (NGR) of licensed operators in Macau and Hong Kong?"},{"label":"Cross-Jurisdictional Frameworks?","query":"How do current cross-jurisdictional regulatory and enforcement frameworks facilitate or hinder the combatting of illicit online gambling operations utilizing overseas servers, and what improvements are being considered?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,439],"tags":[20326],"class_list":["post-777016890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-legal-news","tag-illegal-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777016890","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=777016890"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777016890\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777016916,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777016890\/revisions\/777016916"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777011924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777016890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777016890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777016890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}