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Speedy Trial in the Works

The latest news out of China indicates that the countries largest internet gambling related trial is now underway and the defendants in the case are all looking at some hefty fines and possible jail time. One positive aspect to the case however, is the fact that the 20 defendants in the case entered a guilty plea on the charges of operating an illegal online casino sportsbetting site. Online gambling and betting is wholly illegal in China and the gambling ring operated for a year and a half and generated huge sums of money despite the fact that the site and gambling ring were all underground.

This is actually one of the largest trials globally relating to illegal online casino gambling activity – with 20 defendants facing prosecution, this is a strong message to other would-be gambling ring leaders that the Chinese government is serious about restrictions on internet gambling. According to information released as the case goes to trial, the defendants netted 1.6 million yuan throughout the time the online betting site was in operation.

As for the fact that a guilty plea has been entered into the record, that means that the entire trial will take less time and the Putuo District People’s Court will make a decision that much sooner. Some of the specifics of the gambling ring indicate that because online casinos are so difficult to operate in China, land betting shops in the country were then linked up to Western betting sites to offer Chinese gamblers a slew of sportsbetting options.