[photopress:internet_gambling.jpg,full,alignright]A three-month crackdown on Internet gambling has been launched. A circular jointly issued by the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Information Industry and the State Press and Publication Administration, said, ‘The prevalence of online gaming has ruined the online environment and harmed young people’s growth, which runs against the policy of building a harmonious society.’
Which may sound a little pompous but is fair comment.
Beijing, Shanghai, Guangdong and Zhejiang will be the key places to be supervised adding the government should clamp down on online games that involve gambling and online betting.
It said local government departments should strictly supervise online game service providers who are not allowed to exchange ‘virtual money’ with real currencies or properties, or use it to launder money.
According to official statistics China’s police were responsible for a total of 347,000 gambling cases involving 1.099 million people last year and retrieved RMB3.56 billion ($445 million.) Gambling was outlawed on the Chinese mainland in 1949.
Source: China View
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