Thai authorities have detained Chinese Cambodian mogul She Zhijiang, a leading figure in Southeast Asia’s underground online gaming industry, after receiving a request from Beijing for extradition.
A project city on the Myanmar-Thailand border with likely significant online and land-based casino gambling interests appears to be booming, after the regional militia secured junta approval in exchange for frontline soldiers.
The national lottery in junta-controlled Myanmar has suffered a general boycott and has been upstaged by a dissident lottery organised by ousted democratic forces, which sold out on its first day.
The Chinese government has announced, but not named, a third tranche of blacklisted tourist destinations that target Chinese gamblers, while expanding on disruptive strategies against tour operators and private flights.
Chinese nationals working in remote Myanmar gaming operations are streaming back to China and into Thailand as Beijing orders Chinese visa holders to return home to apply for amnesty from punishment.
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