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Chinese Courts Sentence Online Gambler

CHINA – As reported by the Shanghai Daily: "A local court sentenced a Taiwanese man yesterday to 30 months in prison and fined him 300,000 yuan (US$36,145) for offering online gambling on European soccer matches.

"The Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate People's Court also sentenced four accomplices, three from Taiwan and one Chinese American, to jail terms ranging from nine to 18 months and fined them 20,000 to 150,000 yuan each.

"The court said Feng Zaizheng, 51, had set up the 'perfect' gambling operation, with his accomplices in charge of book keeping, recruiting gamblers, ensuring payment and investing the profits.

"The court heard that Feng's online operations took in 10 million yuan a day at their peak last summer.

"…While gambling cases pop up in the city from time to time, police say this is the first time anyone in Shanghai has been prosecuted for running online gambling…"

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