Casino gamblers

First casino for Vietnamese gamblers opened By Huynh Kim A view outside Corona Casino & Resort on Phu Quoc Island- PHOTO: BAO CHI CAN THO - Corona casino, which is part of Corona Resort & Casino on Phu Quoc Island off Kien Giang Province and the first to allow the Vietnamese to gamble, was officially opened on January 19. To gain entry into the casino, gamblers must buy a ticket at VND1 million for 24 hours. The revenue from the fee collection will go into the budget of Kien Giang Province. Casino visitors must meet a number of conditions. Specifically, they must be 21 years old or above and have regular income of at least VND10 million a month. The first phase of the Corona Resort & Casino complex project was invested VND25 trillion (US$1.1 billion). Daily casino operations will be overseen by Upffinity Gaming Management, a casino management firm of the Netherlands. The complex provides lodging and entertainment services, with 2,000 five-star hotel … [Read more...] about First casino for Vietnamese gamblers opened

Gamblers in the gambling site caught when the police raid on it. — Photo zing.vn QUẢNG NINH (VNS) — Police in the north-eastern Quảng Ninh Province have remanded 91 gamblers in custody for further investigation. The move came after the police cracked down on an illegal casino, caught more than 100 gamblers in the act, and seized more than VNĐ431 million (US$19,300), 156 phones and other items in Tràng Bạch Village on March 5. The police are hunting for the two ring leaders who managed to escape from the area. According to the police, the ring leaders often changed the place where the gambling was held from Hải Phòng to Hải Dương and then Quảng Ninh to avoid being detected by the police. The gambling site was guarded by several bodyguards. Therefore, the police had to take a train to reach a railway station near the site before raiding it. The police said most of the gamblers were from Quảng Ninh, Hải Phòng, Bắc Giang and Hà Nội, besides Hải Dương. — VNS … [Read more...] about 91 gamblers caught in raid on casino

Ministry to prosecute alleged members of gambling racket (14-03-2007) HA NOI — The Ministry of Public Security has decided to go forward with the prosecution of 38 people allegedly involved in a gambling ring, the ministry said on Monday. The accused were among a group of 125 gamblers arrested in a raid on a gambling den in the northern province of Ha Tay, last weekend. The 38 to be charged include both the principal organisers and the security guards for the operation and have since been detained by police. The police apprehended the gamblers red handed while they were playing xoc dia (a dice game), on a remote farm they had hired in Thach That District’s Thach Hoa Commune. Authorities also confiscated 25 cars, six motorbikes and cash worth over VND1 billion (US$62,000), which they found at the homestead. The ministry said the group had been operating for years with some gamblers placing bets of hundreds of million dong at a time. The syndicate would use … [Read more...] about Ministry to prosecute alleged members of gambling racket

Over 380 Chinese people detained in online gambling ring bust By Thanh Thom More than 380 Chinese nationals are detained during a raid on a gambling ring in the northern port city of Haiphong on July 27 – PHOTO: MPS HCMC – More than 380 Chinese nationals were held in police custody on Saturday for their involvement in Vietnam’s largest-ever underground online gambling ring run by foreigners, the Ministry of Public Security said in a statement. The individuals, aged between 18 and 24, were caught operating online gambling websites from a complex of more than 100 rooms in a tightly guarded urban area called “Our City” in the northern port city of Haiphong, some 100 kilometers east of Hanoi. The ministry remarked that the ring had hosted online platforms for mainland Chinese gamblers to bet on sports and lotteries, with the total value of transactions estimated at more than three billion yuan (US$435 million). Some 500 police officers staged the raid, which led to … [Read more...] about Over 380 Chinese people detained in online gambling ring bust

Investigators break up two online gambling rings worth VND4 trillion The Saigon Times Daily An individual is questioned by an investigator for his involvement in a transnational online gambling ring – PHOTO: POLICE HCMC – A transnational online gambling ring worth more than VND1 trillion (US$43 million), led by locals who used to work in casinos in Cambodia, has been broken up. The Department of Cyber Security and Hi-tech Crime Prevention, with the Ministry of Public Security (MPS), on Tuesday announced the arrest of nine individuals suspected of involvement in an unauthorized online betting, casino and lottery operation linked to the Winxx8.com brand, which is reportedly based in the Shanghai Resort Casino in Cambodia. On September 18, the department teamed up with the Criminal Police Department and the Mobile Police Department to set up a taskforce of 16 teams that raided various sites in the northern province of Bac Ninh, the south-central coastal province of … [Read more...] about Investigators break up two online gambling rings worth VND4 trillion