{"id":343854,"date":"2017-08-10T19:16:50","date_gmt":"2017-08-10T19:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=343854"},"modified":"2017-08-10T19:16:50","modified_gmt":"2017-08-10T19:16:50","slug":"3-chinese-illegal-gaming-operators-arrested-in-accra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=343854","title":{"rendered":"3 Chinese illegal gaming operators arrested in Accra"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three Chinese nationals have been busted by officials of the Gaming Commission of Ghana, for engaging in illegal distribution of slot machines and invading payment of the requisite gaming license fees.<\/p>\n<p>The three, two men and a woman, were identified as illegal gaming operators who have not been licensed to engage in any game of chance, do not have a license authorizing them to operate, import, sell or distribute any of the machines in their possession.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-343859 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/fake-gaming-chinese-guy-1.jpg\" alt=\"fake-gaming-chinese-guy-1\" width=\"576\" height=\"671\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Two of the nationals, (male and female) with their Ghanaian driver were operating at Nungua Maami, distributing slot machines from a Kia Sorento with registration number, GW 3338 &#8211; 17.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-343855 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/fake-gaming-chinese-guy-2.jpg\" alt=\"fake-gaming-chinese-guy-2\" width=\"576\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The third person was picked up at Haatso where he had an assembling plant, illegally assembling the machines in the country, and distributing them.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-343857 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/fake-gaming-chinese-guy-5.jpg\" alt=\"fake-gaming-chinese-guy-5\" width=\"768\" height=\"521\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The surge in activities of illegal gaming operators in recent times has become a national concern, as such operators expose children to the machines.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-343856 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/fake-gaming-chinese-guy-3.jpg\" alt=\"fake-gaming-chinese-guy-3\" width=\"576\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The three are currently in the custody of the East Legon Police, and will be processed to the CID headquarters, Accra, for prosecution.\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Eugenia Tenkorang\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three Chinese nationals have been busted by officials of the Gaming Commission of Ghana, for engaging in illegal distribution of slot machines and invading payment of the requisite gaming license fees. The three, two men and a woman, were identified as illegal gaming operators who have not been licensed to engage in any game of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[618,15,10091],"class_list":["post-343854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-accra","tag-chinese","tag-illegal-gaming-operators"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=343854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343854\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=343854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=343854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=343854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}