China bars new Internet cafes for rest of 2007

China will licence no new Internet cafes this year while regulators carry out an industry-wide inspection, the government says, amid official...
China | 04 Jun 2007

PacificNet reports Q1 results

Quarterly revenue of US$9,267,000 represented an increase of 38.9% as compared to US$6,672,000 from Q1 2006. Approximately 19% of the total...
China | 01 Jun 2007

Officials are forced to give up gambling, girls and gifts

New regulations that specifically ban gambling, girls and gifts have been imposed on Chinese officials abroad by one provincial government,...
China | 31 May 2007

China gambling syndicate suspects arrested

Chinese police have arrested 37 people suspected of operating an online gambling syndicate. The state-run Legal Daily reports the syndicate...
China | 09 May 2007

Two Betex Execs Detained In China

Shares in Betex, the Aim-listed Chinese lottery scratchcard and gaming software operator were suspended this afternoon after two of its...
China | 19 Apr 2007

Chinese border casinos hit hard in crackdown

Foreign casinos along Chinese borders have either been forced to shut down or go underground because of crackdowns by police and their collaboration...
China | 17 Apr 2007

'Virtual cops' to weed out Internet gambling, porn

The government will soon assign "virtual cops" to monitor and wipe out pornography, gambling and other illicit activities on the Internet,...
China | 14 Apr 2007