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Gambling in China is illegal under Chinese law [1] and has been officially outlawed since the Communist Party took power in 1949. [2] Any form of gambling by Chinese citizens, including online-gambling, gambling overseas, opening casinos overseas to attract citizens of China as primary customers, is considered illegal. [3]
Gambling in Macau, a special administrative region of China, is the only place in China where casinos are legal.Gambling has been legal since the 1850s when the Portuguese government legalised the activity in the autonomous colony.
In China, where gambling websites are blocked, companies like Bet365 use "mirror websites" which copy their real websites with URLs that change to bypass bans.
Chinese online content platforms including Tencent Music and NetEase's Cloud Music have removed live streaming features that analysts say could be used for illegal gambling, at a hefty cost to ...
The Australian Interactive Gambling Act 2001 (IGA) [2] criminalizes the supply of online casino games by an operator anywhere in the world to persons located in Australia. It only targets operators of online gambling sites, resulting in the curious situation that it is not illegal for a player in Australia to access and gamble at an online casino.
A jailed gambling tycoon fighting extradition to China received "inhumane treatment" in a Thai prison after saying he was a Chinese spy, his lawyers have told Interpol, saying they fear for his life.
Online gambling is illegal in the state of Maharashtra under the "Bombay Wager Act". Other acts/legislations are silent with respect to online gambling/online gaming in India. The most recent law to address gambling online was the Federal Information Technology Rules where such illegal activities may be blocked by Internet providers within India.
Global investors who have historically bet on China's economic development are ditching grand narratives of long-term prosperity and instead adopting more modest views that see the market as an ...