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WeChat announced that they haveremoved 50,000 accounts and deleted a further 8,000 group chatsrelated to gambling since the World Cup 2018 got underway in Russia just under a month ago.
Gambling is officially illegal in China, though that hasn’t stopped people’s phones from being inundated with spam text messages about the practice or from WeChat users’ feeds filling up with friends talking about which team they’re betting on during the World Cup.
WeChat developer Tencent issued a statement on Monday detailing its anti-onlinegambling measures and urging users not to engage in any World Cup betting activities via its hugely popular app, which is estimated to have almost one billion users worldwide. 「During the World Cup, World Cup gambling websites have been shut down by the government, causing some betting activities to migrate to social platforms,」 WeChat said. 「We appeal to the majority of users to watch the World Cup rationally, to appreciate the competitive nature of football and respect the spirit of the game, and keep away from gambling.」
Numbers
The group stage period running until 1 July included more than two weeks of World Cup action after the world’s biggest sporting event kicked off on 15 June.The figure, which doesn’t include the combined huge stakes numbers gambled illegally, was already more than twice the 11.5 billion yuan wagered through official channels during the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
Many illegal World Cup betting sites and WeChat accounts act as a proxy for Chinese citizens to bet via overseas gambling outlets. One such operation in Beijing that was shut down by the authorities this past weekend, resulting in the arrests of 46 individuals, had reportedly handled 320 million RMB (48 million USD) in bets.
The GiC Team would Kindly remind you not to gamble online via WeChat in case of getting banned or dragged into online gambling fraud
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