O Network reports (Liang Jianguo, Pan Yanliang): Nowadays, the "Fishing Guru" game is very popular. However, some unscrupulous merchants, in order to make huge profits, have turned this game into a "gambling outfit", making countless players' coins become their "netted fish". Recently, the Ouhai District Public Security Bureau informed the media that the Ouhai Special Patrol Police Team and Wutian Police Station jointly deployed more than 50 police forces to conduct an anti-"fishing" operation on an electronic game room at Wutian Yuelexijie Street. On-site, they seized more than 20 gambling machines and arrested 12 people suspected of gambling, including Ying Mou. After investigation, two people from Taizhou, including Ying Mou, were criminally detained by the police on suspicion of operating a casino, while ten others, including Zhang Mou, were administratively punished for gambling.
In order to evade police crackdowns, this gaming gambling den was named "XX Animation Base" by the owner. Ying Mou used the pretense that points in the game could be exchanged for RMB to quickly amass wealth. In this room of less than 100 square meters, there were over 20 various types of gambling machines.
According to the police officers, placing games similar to "Fishing Guru" in the gaming room does not necessarily constitute gambling. The key issue is that some merchants, in pursuit of profit, use the gimmick that the coins obtained from "fishing" can be exchanged for RMB at the service counter to attract customers, thus giving it the nature of gambling.