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Students expelled running gambling in Chinese boarding schools
 February 26, 2009, 9:12 am (2 years ago)According to the UK newspaper, about 100 students at an elite Chinese school have been expelled on accusations of accumulating gambling debts of more than GBP 100 000 (1 million yuan) in an illegitimate gambling ring.
As reported by the news paper, students excluded from the Tungwah Senior High School in Dongguan, a city in the southern region of Guangzhou, were all 16 to 17 year old students, and accumulated the debts with local Cantonese bookmakers who had gained access to the school and employed students to get orders and register gamblers.
Gambling is prohibited in China, but it’s extremely difficult for the authorities to prevent the expansion of online gaming and informal betting rings, comments The Telegraph. The students bet greatly on US basketball games, which are on television and have drawn a large following in China.
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