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A Tough Jury

Online casino gambling and betting in China may have been lucrative for the alleged individuals involved, but with Chinese internet gambling restrictions very stringent, those involved could face some serious consequences if the courts and jury find the defendants guilty. The Chinese internet gambling market is slowly growing more tolerant of forms of internet gaming – but online casinos and betting sites are still straight-out illegal. The Chinese media are currently having a field day with the trial of twenty individuals involved in an illegal internet betting ring.

The twenty implicated in the gambling ring are just a fraction of those actually involved running the large-scale online casino gambling and betting ring. According to the current information, two brothers began a land gambling venue in Myanmar, and then decided to extend those services to include internet betting to Chinese bettors. Considering the restrictions and regulations in place to prevent online casinos from accessing Chinese gamblers, the two brothers then set up a network of servers in other locations, banks offering the company accounts, and other illegal activities that facilitated the roughly US $1.24 billion in wagers in the eight months the gambling ring was up and running.

Twenty individuals are now facing trial in the case but the online casino betting ring employed close to 2,000 individuals in varying regions around China. The trial began just last week and will continue into the coming weeks as both side bring testimony and witnesses forward. The media are heavily following the case, as is the international internet casino gambling industry – the severity of the judgment will potentially indicate if the Chinese government is leaning toward a more liberal internet gambling climate.