{"id":777022742,"date":"2025-02-10T08:51:23","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T11:51:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777022742"},"modified":"2026-04-22T01:59:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T04:59:06","slug":"73000-cases-of-alleged-cross-border-gambling-investigated-in-china-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/73000-cases-of-alleged-cross-border-gambling-investigated-in-china-in-2024","title":{"rendered":"73,000 cases of alleged cross-border gambling investigated in China in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Some 4,500 online gambling platforms were shut down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>China.-&nbsp;The Ministry of Public Security has announced that 73,000 cases connected to cross-border gambling and related offences were investigated last year. It says more than 4,500 online gambling platforms were shut down. The ministry said 11,000 people were arrested in four operations focusing on 45 mayor cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ministry said law enforcement worked alongside other agencies, such as foreign affairs, tourism, immigration, and the People&#8217;s Bank of China, to develop strategies targeting payment systems, investment schemes and illegal China has also strengthened its efforts against telecom fraud and is engaging in both bilateral and multilateral cooperation agreements with neighbouring countries, such as Thailand and Myanmar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In January, the Supreme People\u2019s Court instructed courts in China to enforce strict penalties for those involved in cross-border gambling cases, with a special focus on related violent crimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2020, China established\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/china-continues-to-expand-gambling-blacklist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a blacklist of destinations<\/a> to which cross-border transfers are restricted. The\u00a0list is compiled by multiple departments, including the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Public Security.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some 4,500 online gambling platforms were shut down.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":26498,"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 Ministry of Public Security reported investigating 73,000 cross-border gambling cases last year, leading to the shutdown of over 4,500 online platforms and 11,000 arrests. The crackdown involved inter-agency cooperation targeting payment systems and investment schemes, alongside international collaboration with neighboring countries. Judicial penalties have also been strengthened, and a blacklist of restricted destinations remains in effect.","focusai_entities":"Ministry of Public Security, People's Bank of China, Supreme People's Court, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Ministry of Foreign Affairs","focusai_location":"China, Thailand, Myanmar","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (0.7), marketing_crm (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (1.0), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on Payment Processors?","query":"What specific measures are being implemented to target payment systems, and what are the implications for payment service providers operating in or near China?"},{"label":"Future of Cross-Border Gambling?","query":"How will China's intensified enforcement and international cooperation reshape the landscape of cross-border iGaming operations and market access in Asia?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,439],"tags":[4138],"class_list":["post-777022742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-legal-news","tag-online-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777022742","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=777022742"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777022742\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777022757,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777022742\/revisions\/777022757"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777022742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777022742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777022742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}