{"id":777023239,"date":"2025-02-21T10:06:04","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T13:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777023239"},"modified":"2026-04-22T01:35:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T04:35:47","slug":"6-arrested-in-macau-for-allegedly-selling-mark-six-lottery-tickets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/6-arrested-in-macau-for-allegedly-selling-mark-six-lottery-tickets","title":{"rendered":"6 arrested in Macau for allegedly selling Mark Six lottery tickets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The new law on gambling crimes prohibits the sale of tickets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Macau.- Six people have been arrested for allegedly <strong>selling Mark Six lottery <\/strong>at a grocery store in Areia Preta. According to the Macau Business, those arrested include the store owner, his wife, two relatives from mainland China, another mainland Chinese national holding a travel permit and an undocumented worker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The<strong> Judiciary Police<\/strong> said a raid was carried out after a tip-off. They seized 23 lottery tickets. Those arrested reportedly purchased 40 lottery tickets for MOP1,800 earlier this month and resold them at MOP50 each for profit. By the time of the police investigation, 17 Mark Six tickets had been sold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The suspects face charges for the illegal sale of lottery tickets as well as unlawful employment. Details have been forwarded to the Public Prosecutions Office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-proposes-new-penalties-for-illegal-gambling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bill on Combating Illegal Gambling Crimes<\/a>\u00a0approved in October prohibits the sale of Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) Mark Six lottery tickets. Offenders face a maximum prison term of two years or financial penalties. The bill also bans currency exchange for gambling and the operation, promotion, and organisation of online gambling\u00a0and mutual betting irrespective of the physical location of systems and devices.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"see-also-container\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"related-article\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"related-article__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/02\/China-goes-after-cross-border-gambling-crimes-300x200.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"related-article__text\"><span class=\"see-also-label-strong\">See also:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-sees-rise-in-gaming-related-crimes-in-2024\">Macau sees rise in gaming-related crimes in 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new law on gambling crimes prohibits the sale of tickets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":26703,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Macau authorities arrested six individuals for the illegal sale of Mark Six lottery tickets, a practice recently prohibited under a new law on gambling crimes. This legislation also bans online gambling operations and currency exchange for gambling, signaling a stricter regulatory environment and enhanced enforcement against illicit gaming activities.","focusai_entities":"Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC), Judiciary Police, Public Prosecutions Office","focusai_location":"Macau, mainland China, Hong Kong","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (0.8), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory Impact Assessment","query":"What are the broader implications of Macau's new gambling crime law on licensed B2C operators and B2B suppliers, particularly concerning online gambling and cross-border payment flows?"},{"label":"Enforcement Efficacy","query":"How will the Judiciary Police's enforcement strategy evolve to address the newly prohibited activities, and what metrics will be used to assess the efficacy of these regulatory crackdowns?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,439],"tags":[20326],"class_list":["post-777023239","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\/777023239","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=777023239"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777023239\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777023244,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777023239\/revisions\/777023244"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777023239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777023239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777023239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}