Police Bust Bug Betting Ring

HONG KONG – As reported by the Agence France-Presse: "Hong Kong's obsession with gambling reached unusual extremes on Monday when 115 people were arrested for betting on insect fights.

"The city is well-known as a haven for China's horse racing and soccer gamblers, but raids on a club in the seedy Mongkok district of Kowloon broke a betting syndicate gambled on battles between huge crickets.

"…The gamblers, aged from 30 to 80, were arrested in the midst of what was billed as a championship between insects from Hong Kong, nearby Macau and Guangzhou in neighbouring China…"

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