Jail upheld for online gambler

Source: Xinhua  |   2008-11-20  |     NEWSPAPER EDITION

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A Hong Kong man, found guilty of running a number of gambling Websites, has been sentenced to eight years and fined 20 million yuan (US$2.9 million) in southwest China's Yunnan Province.

The case, believed to be the country's biggest online gambling conviction, involved about 8.68 billion yuan in wagered money and more than 278 million yuan in illegal profits, a Yunnan High People's Court source said yesterday.

Tam Chi-wai, a Hong Kong resident, was sentenced to eight years and a 20-million-yuan fine in June by the Intermediate People's Court in Kunming. Tam appealed the sentence. The provincial high court upheld the initial sentence.

Under Chinese law, it is illegal to set up a gambling party or gambling house.

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