Malaysian online poker and sports betting whale Wei Seng ‘Paul’ Phua may have resolved his US legal troubles but his Macau troubles are only getting started.

In June 2014, Macau authorities shut down what they described as the largest illegal sports betting operation the special administrative region had ever seen. The operation, which was said to be taking wagers on that summer’s FIFA World Cup, was being run out of several hotel rooms at the Wynn Macau casino.

Among the 22 individuals arrested at the time was Phua, who was allowed to post bail and fly to Las Vegas, where he was arrested the following month for allegedly running a different online sports betting operation out of some high-roller digs at Caesars Palace.

It took a year, but Phua ultimately emerged legally unscathed from his Vegas experience, largely on the strength of prosecutorial ineptitude. Phua is undoubtedly hoping some of that luck will rub off on his current trial for illegal gambling, which got underway in Macau’s Court of First Instance on Tuesday.