Taiwan Police Expand Investigation into Cross-Border Underground Sports Betting
The raid uncovered a site handling online betting during the World Cup
Key Takeaways:
- Police raid suspected betting hub in Tainan, detaining over 10 individuals
- Evidence links the operation to Macau’s Dejin Group and illicit gambling networks
- Estimated betting turnover nearly NT$10 billion during World Cup events
Tainan police have widened an underground sports-betting case into a potential cross-border organized-crime probe after raiding a suspected betting hub and detaining more than 10 people this week.
According to local reporting, officers seized computers, ledgers and other evidence, then linked the main suspect, Su Yingbing, to Macau’s Dejin Group, once a major gambling intermediary tied to Chen Ronglian, the husband of entertainer An Yixuan.
From Casino Finance to a Taiwan Police Case
The Dejin name drew attention because the group built its business around VIP-room operations, high-value credit lines and cash settlement for gamblers, a model that relied heavily on opaque fund flows.
Macau authorities later cracked down on illegal gambling and underground currency exchange, and Chen was sentenced to 14 years in prison for illegal gambling operations, money laundering and criminal association, according to Taiwanese and Macau reports.
Public Television Service said the raid uncovered a site handling online betting during the World Cup. Police are still trying to determine whether Su remains active under the Dejin banner and whether local gangs helped conceal the operation.
Macau police also arrested a 43-year-old mainland Chinese man accused of livestreaming baccarat tables from a downtown casino to gamblers in mainland China earlier this week.
