{"id":485,"date":"2021-11-17T10:19:25","date_gmt":"2021-11-17T07:19:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/china-gambling-ring-exploiting-losing-account-sports-bet-loophole-busted\/"},"modified":"2021-11-17T10:19:25","modified_gmt":"2021-11-17T07:19:25","slug":"china-gambling-ring-exploiting-losing-account-sports-bet-loophole-busted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/ja\/china-gambling-ring-exploiting-losing-account-sports-bet-loophole-busted\/","title":{"rendered":"China Gambling Ring Exploiting \u2018Losing Account\u2019 Sports Bet Loophole Busted"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_34 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">\u76ee\u6b21<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1'><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/ja\/china-gambling-ring-exploiting-losing-account-sports-bet-loophole-busted\/#There_Shi_Goes_Again\" title=\"There Shi Goes Again\">There Shi Goes Again<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/ja\/china-gambling-ring-exploiting-losing-account-sports-bet-loophole-busted\/#Beating_the_Bookies\" title=\"Beating the Bookies \">Beating the Bookies <\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>Chinese police in the eastern city of Wenzhou say they have disrupted a syndicate that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/china-bans-karaoke-songs-that-reference-gambling\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">illegally<\/a> capitalized on an online sports book \u201cloophole\u201d to cash in the equivalent of around US $4.6 million.<\/p>\n<figure aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-191814\" data-style=\"width: 1537px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-191814 size-full lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1139190773-142x95.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1139190773-142x95.jpg\" alt=\"Sports betting loophole\" width=\"1537\" height=\"1024\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1139190773.jpg 1537w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1139190773-142x95.jpg 142w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1139190773-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1139190773-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1139190773-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1537px) 100vw, 1537px\" data- title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-191814 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1139190773.jpg\" alt=\"Sports betting loophole\" width=\"1537\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1139190773.jpg 1537w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1139190773-142x95.jpg 142w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1139190773-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1139190773-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1139190773-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1537px) 100vw, 1537px\" title=\"\"><figcaption class=\"text-description\">Two Chinese police officers stand guard in Beijing in an image taken in 2009. Their colleagues in Wenzhou have disrupted a gambling ring that made $4.6 million in just seven months. (Image: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The scheme involved buying up hundreds of money-losing accounts to exploit perks afforded to big-betting but unsuccessful gamblers, as reported by <em>Wenzhou Evening News.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Police said the \u201ccore figure\u201d of the gang was a Wenzhou internet caf\u00e9 owner identified only as \u201cShi.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shi had previously lost \u201chundreds and thousands of yuan\u201d via unnamed sports betting sites. But the experience taught him that once an account lost a huge amount of money, the operator would offer more enticements to keep the owner playing.<\/p>\n<p>These included unlimited withdrawals, instant betting features, and a percentage back on losing bets. And of course, operators would also be more likely to accept large bets.<\/p>\n<p>Shi realized if he could gain control of as many of these accounts as possible, he would have an edge.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"There_Shi_Goes_Again\"><\/span><strong>There Shi Goes Again<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In July last year, Shi asked an associate, \u201cZhou,\u201d and others to place web advertisements asking for as many \u201closing accounts\u201d as possible. Respondents could earn 1,000 yuan (US$156) to 5,000yuan (US$782)\u00a0 per day for doing little more than providing the information necessary to access their accounts.<\/p>\n<p>Some 200 account holders signed up to the plan from all over China.<\/p>\n<div class=\"callout\">\n<p><strong>In some cases, access required facial recognition, and so Shi arranged for many of the account holders to live in his father\u2019s villa while the syndicate was in operation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Next, Shi teamed up with a gambler called \u201cWang,\u201d based in Hainan Province. Using his own resources, Wang formed a team of more than a dozen gamblers and sports betting analysts.<\/p>\n<p>Team members would travel to sports events in Europe and Southeast Asia to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/uk-racetracks-fly-into-rage-over-betting-drones-that-give-gamblers-an-edge\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">exploit the instant-betting<\/a> function, taking advantage of the short latency of broadcast and data feeds.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Beating_the_Bookies\"><\/span><strong>Beating the Bookies <\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>This would have allowed the team to bet on the changing odds of the final score of a soccer match after a goal had been scored, for example, faster than those watching it on a \u201clive\u201d feed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"callout\">\n<p>A goal will always change the odds of the game\u2019s outcome. But this may not be reflected at precisely the same time at different sports books. This provides a window for arbitrage, and for a quick-fingered gambler to make money.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to police, Shi\u2019s team was responsible for managing the accounts and account holders, and Wang\u2019s team was responsible for betting and gambling. Meanwhile, Zhou was allegedly the money man. He purchased nearly 3,000 bank cards for the syndicate\u2019s use.<\/p>\n<p>Wenzhou police said they have so far arrested 69 criminal suspects and seized 35 computers and 136 mobile phones used in the crime. That while freezing the equivalent of around $3 million in funds.<\/p>\n<p>The group was in operation for just seven months.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/chinese-cops-bust-gambling-ring-that-exploited-sports-betting-loophole\/\" target=\"_blank\">China Gambling Ring Exploiting \u2018Losing Account\u2019 Sports Bet Loophole Busted<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\" target=\"_blank\">Casino.org<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese police in the eastern city of Wenzhou say they have disrupted a syndicate that illegally capitalized on an online sports book \u201cloophole\u201d to cash in the equivalent of around US $4.6 million. Two Chinese police officers stand guard in Beijing in an image taken in 2009. Their colleagues in Wenzhou have disrupted a gambling ring that made $4.6 million in just seven months. (Image: Getty) The scheme involved buying up hundreds of money-losing accounts to exploit perks afforded to big-betting but unsuccessful gamblers, as reported by Wenzhou Evening News. Police said the \u201ccore figure\u201d of the gang was a Wenzhou internet caf\u00e9 owner identified only as \u201cShi.\u201d Shi had <a href=\"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/ja\/china-gambling-ring-exploiting-losing-account-sports-bet-loophole-busted\/\" class=\"more-link\">&#8230;<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":486,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}