China claims 900 arrests in online gambling crackdown

Steven Stradbrooke
February 24, 2010
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ChineseScalesAfter announcing a crackdown on online gambling at the beginning of the month, Chinese authorities have revealed that over 900 people had been arrested so far. Not a huge number, given China’s population of 1.3 billion, but when you consider that the crackdown was scheduled to go on until August, it’s clear that there’s a lot of slack left in that noose. Read more.

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