China's Message to Asia's Casinos: Place Your Bets Elsewhere
- Crown Resorts staff convicted of promoting gambling in China
- Crackdown comes with new wave of casinos that target Chinese
Over a Dozen Crown Resorts Staff Jailed in China
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China just sent a clear message to casinos sprouting across Asia: don’t peddle your baccarat here.
A Shanghai court on Monday convicted 19 Crown Resorts Ltd. current and former staff of illegally promoting gambling on the mainland, handing out prison sentences of as long as 10 months. While they could have faced a maximum of three years under Chinese law, there was no escaping China’s warning to foreign casino operators that see the country’s richest citizens as their most lucrative target market.