BEIJING, Feb 28 (NNN-PTI) — China will step up crackdown on online gambling amid surge in crimes linked to gambling in the country, a media report said today.
China’s Ministry of Public Security has vowed to step up crackdown on online gambling.
More than 2,000 foreign and domestic gambling websites target Chinese gamblers, said Gu Jian, vice director of the Ministry’s cyber security bureau.
According to estimates, tens of billions of yuan flow out of China via online gambling annually.
Online gambling exists in all Chinese provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions to “varying degrees”, Gu was quoted as saying by the state-run Xinhua news agency.
He said it has been found after probe that most domestic online gambling operations are controlled from abroad.
Nearly all major international gambling groups have Chinese-language websites to target Chinese gamblers, and some even send operatives into China to recruit agents.
– NNN-PTI
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