According to a typical case of punishing gambling and related crimes released by the Supreme People's Court on January 21st, the Rongchang District People's Court in Chongqing tried the case of Wang Zhimou, who opened a casino. He developed agents and gamblers through the "Pomelo Alliance" gambling platform, with a total involved amount of 590 million yuan, including more than 900 bank card accounts and virtual currency funds. The court sentenced Wang Zhimou to four years and five months in prison and a fine for the crime of opening a casino, and confiscated the illegal gains and involved funds.

The Supreme People's Court pointed out the typical significance of the case, stating that the people's court closely cooperated with public security, procuratorial and other departments to implement relevant seizure and freezing measures in accordance with the law, and confiscated tens of millions of yuan and a large amount of virtual currency involved in the case.