China, Vietnam crack down on online gambling

If citizens of China and Vietnam needed any reminder, online gambling is still illegal in those countries. That reminder came on June 10, when Police in Anhui province swooped in and arrested 78 suspects for running an online gambling ring, reports XinhuaNet.

The investigation into the group began in October, when police were notified that a “victim” had lost 300,000 yuan ($43,000) in an online game called “Zork.” There is nothing in the report if that version of Zork has anything to do with the classic 1980’s text based adventure game.

The games allegedly stretched into the neighboring provinces of Jiangsu and Hubei, and amounted to an operation worth 128 million yuan ($18.5 million). They brought in new gamblers by using live streaming platforms to entice more to play.

Of the 78 arrested, 46 are still in detention while investigation continues.