China to offer legal sports betting by 2026?

China-World-Cup-Bid-2026After witnessing the wonders that hosting the 2010 World Cup brought to South Africa, the head of the Chinese Football Association says the time is right for China to make a bid to host the competition in 2026. (In reality, they probably got the idea because Chinese factories were the likely source of those cheap plastic vuvuzelas.) But considering that these type of tournaments are being more often awarded to countries who have established ‘betting rights’, does this mean that China is doing a massive rethink on any future sports betting crackdowns? Dare to dream… Read more.