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Tuesday, August 17, 2004
The Gambling Bug
Police in Hong Kong arrested 115 people during a raid on an illegal betting syndicate that gambled on battles between huge crickets.
The fight was billed as a championship between crickets from Hong Kong, Macau, and Guangzhou on mainland China. Police seized $1,000, 200 crickets, containers used to carry the insects, and bamboo sticks used to agitate the crickets.
Cricket fighting can be traced back to the Tang dynasty of 618-907. Traders of the battling insects hunt out the fiercest crickets and devote many hours training them, the Post said. A champion cricket can cost up to 20,000 yuan, or $2,600, each, it said.
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The fight was billed as a championship between crickets from Hong Kong, Macau, and Guangzhou on mainland China. Police seized $1,000, 200 crickets, containers used to carry the insects, and bamboo sticks used to agitate the crickets.
Cricket fighting can be traced back to the Tang dynasty of 618-907. Traders of the battling insects hunt out the fiercest crickets and devote many hours training them, the Post said. A champion cricket can cost up to 20,000 yuan, or $2,600, each, it said.
