Biggest betting bust
 June 30, 2008, 9:12 am (1 year ago)In Macau, the biggest betting bust took place over the weekend. The local police made a compulsory investigation in an illegal gambling organization and confiscated $64 million in betting slips and arrested 6 men - three resident in Hong Kong and three in Macau. Police also seized 320 000 Hong Kong dollars in cash and impounded computers, telephones and a shredder for investigation.
According to The South China Daily Post, the organization is alleged to have been headed by a Hong Kong resident linked to one of Macau's triad societies. Police told the newspaper that the organization collect bets on horse racing and football mainly from Hong Kong and Macau residents. The highest amount the better could wager was 4 million Hong Kong dollars on each horse race held in Hong Kong and Macau.
This raid was not the only raid this month. There was another one two weeks before, an illegal gambling operation in Macau.
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