World Cup Gambling Rings Busted in China

According to the China Post, over the past few weeks, Chinese police have raided nine groups in Beijing and in the southwest of China and arrested 77 people alleged to have participated in Internet-based gambling rings that took millions of dollars worth of World Cup bets from thousands of gamblers. One of the gambling rings in Chengdu, a city in the southwest, apparently handled USD $120 million in bets.