| | |  | Last Updated: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 |  | | | Online Gambling Illegal in Brunei
- Saturday, 1 Apr 2006
When it comes to gambling online, there are some countries that approve it whole heartedly and others, like the US that want nothing to do with it. Yet the US has not managed to ban their citizens from partaking in some gambling fun offered by foreign-based online casino sites. On the other hand, there are countries that are attempting to prevent their citizens from entering any online gambling sites, and Brunei is one of these places. A 58 year old Brunei citizen was arrested last week after an informer advised the police that he was operating a cyber café that facilitated online casino gambling. Chen Kim Veng pleaded guilty to the charges of providing the means to access online casino games and he was fined $2000. Veng also had his 19 computers confiscated from the premises.
The online gambling cyber café was situated in Kuala Bealit and provided local gamblers the chance to access popular online casino games, such as blackjack and roulette, for a fee. Gamblers would deposit a minimum amount of money and start betting at the online casino games. At the end of their gambling, they would collect any winnings from the cashier. Police say that they found around $600 cash in the cyber café and it was confirmed that this money was proceeds from online gambling services.
As mentioned, the run in with the law regarding online gambling cost Veng a lot more than $2000 (or two months in jail). The forfeiting of 19 computer terminals will probably be more of a loss to someone who bases his livelihood on online gambling. Granted, this man was not just letting people play at foreign-based online gambling sites, he was running one of his own. This is probably not the best way to get your country to legalize the industry, but two months in jail and having your computers confiscated does not seem all too fair either.
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