Chinese pursue virtual sanity in online gambling
Funny money no longer such a joke House of Cards Although the Chinese government recently announced a purifying moratorium on internet cafes the same week the Communist Youth League penned a contract with leading gaming developer Playtech to provide software for large scale internet-based gambling tournaments the cadres in Beijing know that internet cafes are only an embodiment of something …
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