Professor in China charged for illegal gambling due to developing "sure-win" method in Baccarat

BEIJING: A professor from a local university in Beijing was charged for illegal gambling after he reportedly won over tens of millions using a technique he developed that is the "winning formula" for Baccarat.
He and two others raised 3 million and let one of them gamble in casinos in Macau while he and another partner dictate the betting via telephone, and won over 10 million Yuan. Last Saturday, Beijing Times reported the incident at the end of December 2008, Professor Zhang Xing and his friends, Wang and Li went to Guangzhou in preparation to go over Macau to gamble but later on he and his friend Li was not allow to leave the country. Eventually they decided to let Wang to go over while Zhang and Li will “remote control” the bets from Guangzhou.
Guangzhou police sources said, Professor Zhang who has a PhD was the one who decided on the betting strategies due to his “Baccarat” winning method.
Wang went to gamble in Macau and relay via phone the situation of the table to Zhang and Li. Zhang then calculates the probability of the next deal and then instructs Wang to bet accordingly and amazingly they won a total of 11.3 million Yuan.
The 3 was immediately detained by police in Guangzhou and was said to be involved in illegal gambling and confiscated all their winnings due to their inability to produce the receipts of the winnings. The professor refused to accept the sentencing and tookthe Guangzhou police to the Beijing court. The court has uphold the decision and ruled against the professor.

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