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Chinese Online Casino Market is Spreading |
| The online casino market in China is widely regarded as an untouched market with vast potential for the online casino industry. However, due to state-enforced restrictions on the ability of online casino sites to offer their services to Chinese casino players, the Chinese online casino market has been largely impenetrable until recently. According to The Asia Times Online, a courageous Myanmar (formerly Burma) warlord Lin Mingxian is thumbing his nose at the Chinese authorities about the online casinos subject. Mingxian has setup his facilities in a mini-Vegas town called Mong La, which used to be a popular destination for Chinese gamblers during the 1990s, but the Chinese government had closed all the gambling businesses there. But Lin Mingxian, who commands a small army of militia, is aggressively expanding his enterprise into online casino industry. In April, Mingxian presided over the opening of no less than seven new "live-over-the-Internet" online casino facilities, specifically designed for and targeted at Chinese online gamblers. The report states that another 14 gambling venues are being built about 10 miles south of Mong La. The Asia Times Online reporter investigated the casinos, and found a brand new land-based casino completely surrounded by tropical forest. Inside the building, leather chairs surround baccarat tables, with cameras suspended above the tables, allowing Chinese gamblers located around mainland China to play their hands. From Shanghai or Beijing, gamblers can watch the tables via a live video feed over the Internet and place bets through agents on location at the jungle casinos. Until the Chinese government will make a move, online casino lovers can enjoy great casino games. |
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