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Vietnam Police Bust Online Gambling Ring

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6 years ago

July 29, 2019

Niji Narayan

Vietnam Police Bust Online Gambling Ring

Photo Source: thestar.com.my

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The Hai Phong police have busted a gambling ring in the city and took hundreds into custody.

More than 500 officers raided the Our City residential complex in Pham Van Dong Street, Duong Kinh District and found hundreds of people using foreign-made machines gamble online. Our City residential complex, built in 2009 by Chinese investors, is 43 hectares in size and mostly occupied by Chinese.

Colonel Le Ngoc Chau, head of the city police, said it was “a huge and very complicated operation.”

Vietnam has legalised sports betting in 2017 and allows people aged over 21 with a monthly income of at least $445 to play in a casino on the southern Phu Quoc Island on a pilot basis. But online betting remains illegal.

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Niji Narayan

Niji Narayan has been in the writing industry for well over a decade or so. He prides himself as one of the few survivors left in the world who have actually mastered the impossible art of copy editing. Niji graduated in Physics and obtained his Master’s degree in Communication and Journalism. He has always interested in sports writing and travel writing. He has written for numerous websites and his in-depth analytical articles top sports magazines like Cricket Today and Sports Today. He reports gaming industry headlines from all around the globe.