22 arrested over Macao's biggest football gambling case (1/4)

Macao police bust an illegal gambling on World Cup football, with betting amount reaching 5 billion HK dollars, on the morning of June 19, 2014, according to the Judiciary Police of Macao Special Administrative Region on Friday, June 20. A total of 22 persons, including 9 Malaysians, 9 Chinese mainlanders and 4 Hong Kong residents, were arrested in the gambling case, biggest of its kind in the region. On the morning of Friday, another football gambling case was busted with five million HK dollars and four Chinese mainlanders seized. [Photo: China News Service / Wang Guo'an]