Following the arrest of a mainland Chinese man last Monday 29 June by the Macau Judiciary Police (PJ) on suspicion of using a hidden mobile phone to live stream casino games, the PJ arrested two more mainland men on Sunday for allegedly using the same tactic to livestream games inside casinos.
According to the case details, the PJ received a report on Sunday that a mainland man at a casino on the Cotai Strip was acting abnormally and in a suspicious posture while gambling at tables and slot machines, leading to suspicions that he was using a hidden phone to livestream.
Upon investigating at the scene, PJ officers discovered that the man’s clothing was fitted with a concealed compartment featuring a small hole. Hidden inside the pocket of this compartment was a mobile phone, which was suspected of filming the gambling action via a livestreaming application. He was also wearing Bluetooth earphones to receive instructions from clients in mainland China and was placing bets according to their commands.
The PJ stated that the man is suspected of assisting in placing bets after receiving instructions. When caught, he had already been gambling for over 10 minutes and is suspected of committing the crime of illegal operation of online games of chance or mutual gaming online. Following his arrest, the man claimed he was merely conducting a “test” and denied the crime.
On the same day, the PJ discovered another man engaging in similar behavior at a different casino on the Macau Peninsula. When caught, he had already been placing bets for about an hour.
The PJ told the media they will continue to investigate whether other accomplices are involved and clarify whether the two cases are linked.
Last week, the PJ discovered that a mainland man was using a hidden mobile phone to livestream casino games inside a Macau casino to allow individuals overseas to engage in proxy betting.
After his arrest, the man claimed that he received a payment of HK$1,000 (US$128) for each bet he placed on behalf of a customer, and that he had made illegal profits totaling no less than HK$20,000 (US$2,550) since May.
