WEB ‘BY INVITATION’ GAMBLING DEN BUSTED

Police from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia raided an apartment block in the city one Saturday afternoon. 25 people, including the tournament organizer and some college students who are allegedly part of organizing an illegal poker tournament were arrested, New Strait Times reported. Suspects aged 18 to 30 and two were foreigners, an Indonesian student and 57-year-old Italian national who is already permanent residing in the city. They seized cash, laptops, poker tables, briefcases filled with casino chips and decks of playing cards from the place of incident.
Police spokesman Asst Comm Wan Abdul Bari Wan Abdul Khalid said during press conference at police headquarters last Monday that the illegal poker tournament was organized through a website. Time and venue where it will be held is also detailed in the website. Participants can register online and a fee is required for deposit to be able to participate in the tournament. It is being believed that although this tournament was organized locally, there are foreign gambling syndicates that are also connected in this.