Gambling News by Gambling Headquarters

Officers from the Gambling and Anti-Vice Unit of the Criminal Investigation Department, Royal Brunei Police Force, acting on a tip off, conducted an inspection at a house in Kg Ayer where they detained four local men on suspicion of involvement in gambling activities. Police confiscated notebooks believed to be used to record 4-digit lottery debts, three mobile phones and over B$4,000 in cash believed to be the money collected from the 4-digit lottery operation. Under the Common Gaming House Act, the suspects could be fined $5,000 and imprisoned for 12 months. Meanwhile, on Sunday night, the Gambling and Anti-Vice Unit raided a room at a hotel in the capital where they found a female foreign national in a compromising situation with a man, believed to be her client. Officers also found on her $150 believed to be proceeds from prostitution.