Inside Asian Gaming

IAG NOV 2020年11月 亞博匯 12 亞博匯早報 BREAKFAST BRIEFS CHINA TO CREATE NEW CRIME FOR FOREIGN CASINOS TARGETING CHINESE PLAYERS 中國為招攬中國玩家的 海 外 賭 場 立 新 罪 名 A NEW CRIME CENTERED AROUND organizing and soliciting by foreign casinos was one of a number of proposed amendments to China’s criminal law reviewed by the Standing Committee of China’s National People’s Congress in mid-October. According to a report by state-owned news agency China News Service , the new definition of crimes committed by overseas casinos would specifically target those operations looking to lure Chinese gamblers. There would also be new penalties introduced for “opening a casino” within mainland China, although exactly what any penalties would be – or how they might be enforced – have yet to be revealed. Under current law, serious gambling crimes can attract up to 10 years in prison or substantial fines. The China News Service report said cross-border gambling was responsible for “large capital outflow” and caused “serious damage to the nation’s image and economic security.” A second reading of the proposed amendment to China’s criminal law took place during a five-day session of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People’s Congress. Drafts are generally required to be read at least three times before becoming law, fellow state-run news agency Xinhua noted. A crackdown on gambling by mainland Chinese authorities has become a common theme this year, with China’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism announcing in August that it had established a “blacklist” of overseas tourist destinations it said were disrupting the nation’s outbound tourism market by opening casinos targeting mainland Chinese customers. 10月中旬 ，中國全國人大將審議刑法修正 案(十一)草案，其中擬修訂賭博犯罪規定，擬 增加境外賭場人員組織、招攬國內公民出境 賭博犯罪。 據內地官媒中新網的報道，此項罪行的 設定將特別針對那些尋求吸引中國賭客的 賭場，這項罪名的量刑或與在內地「開設賭 場」罪的程度一致，但目前具體刑罰為何或 將如何對其進行處罰尚有待進一步披露。 據現行法律，情節嚴重的賭博犯罪將 被處五年以上十年以下的有期徒刑，並處罰 金。 中新社報道指內地的刑法修正案旨在 打擊海外賭場，形容跨境賭博造成「大量資 金流失」，「對國家形象和經濟安全造成嚴重 影響」。 第十三屆全國人大常委會舉行了為期 五天的會議，並將對擬議的刑法修正案草案 進行二次審議。 官方通訊社新華社報道稱，草案在成為 法律之前須經至少三次審議。 今年以來，打擊賭博已經成為內地相關 部門的共同主題。今年8月，中國文化和旅遊 部宣佈建立一份境外賭博旅遊目的地「黑名 單」，列出一些開設賭場吸引中國遊客、擾亂 中國旅遊市場經營秩序的城市。