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Moscow court jails four Chinese citizens for illegal gambling operation

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Moscow’s Shcherbinsky District Court sentenced four Chinese citizens to one year in prison each for illegally operating gambling as an organised group, according to media reports. The court heard that they ran poker, Texas Hold ’em and mahjong games at a holiday property, charging 2,200 rubles for admission. All four admitted guilt, the report said.

The sentences show the consequences of operating poker and mahjong games illegally as an organised group in Russia.

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Birmingham Magistrates’ Court jails former Capen chief over £285,000 lottery misuse

Birmingham Magistrates’ Court sentenced Simon Rydings, former chief executive of Capen Limited, to three months in prison, according to a UKGC notice dated 26 November 2021. Rydings admitted misusing £285,000 owed to Sheffield Hospitals Charity from lottery proceeds. The court also ordered him to pay £1,000 compensation within 18 months of his release.

Simon Rydings, former chief executive of Capen Limited, was sentenced to three months in prison by Birmingham Magistrates' Court for misusing £285,000 of lottery proceeds, according to a UKGC notice dated 26 November 2021. Rydings, 50, of Edinburgh, admitted misusing lottery proceeds under the 2005 Gambling Act between 1 January 2018 and 31 March 2020.

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