Macau’s junket king has fallen. Late last month, police in the gambling enclave arrested Suncity boss Alvin Chau, whose company has for years led the market in funneling high-rolling Chinese gamblers to VIP suites across the region, for alleged links to illegal cross-border gambling. A day earlier, authorities in Wenzhou, China, accused him of “severe damage to the social order of the country” and issued a warrant for his arrest.
Junket operators like Suncity are more than just high-end
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