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After chatting with Zhou Dapeng alone for a while, Xiang Tianze finally understood a little more about the [Gambling King's struggle for hegemony].
Originally … Although the so-called Gambling King Contest was the same as the World Cup, being held once every four years, this competition was a little different.
It was because the original gambling world's number one Gambling King, Soren, was gradually growing older. He was prepared to slowly withdraw from the gambling world and return to seclusion for his old age.
However … The world's Gambling Association that was created by Soren back then could not be abandoned just like that, so … Only then did he decide that he would have to choose his successor through this year's Gambling King Contest.
Don't ever think that the Gambling Association of this world is a loose and powerless empty space, just like the various official or unofficial trade associations. And in fact... This world's Gambling Association has quite a lot of power.
Even though there was no official approval from the world's Gambling Association, with the reputation of Soren s, this association was basically the highest ranked in the entire gambling industry. And because it was supported by most of the people in the gambling industry, every time the Gambling Association made a ruling on a certain matter, it would be executed very well.
This was because if you did not execute it, you would most likely encounter an exclusion and challenge from the entire industry. That was definitely a suicidal move.
Of course … This world's Gambling Association, was definitely not the kind of body that served people for free. Any casino … No matter if you are legally recognized by the local government or a casino like Zhou Dapeng's Hong Yun, you can only secretly run an underground casino.
As long as you apply to join the World Gambling Association, you will have to pay 3% of the casino's annual profit as your membership fee.
Don't underestimate this 3% profit, you know... Although there were not many legally-protected casinos in the world that were recognized by the government, there were countless underground casinos like this one. It was hard to count the number of casinos.
Although underground casinos would not and might not have the qualifications to join the Gambling Association of the world if they had not reached a certain size, the number of underground casinos that had reached that level was still quite shocking.
In total, every year, these casinos contributed an astonishing amount of wealth to Gambling Association.
Furthermore, don't think that the reason the gambling house paid this three percent fee was because of the exploitation of its Gambling Association. In reality, if they had reached a certain scale in a casino, there would really be very few people who refused to join Gambling Association for the sake of saving money.
Because as long as you join Gambling Association, it would be equivalent to receiving a guarantee. In the future, no member of the Gambling Association would be allowed to go to a gambling house that was under the protection of the Gambling Association to challenge others.
And if there is a Gambling Master who has yet to join Gambling Association that dares to mess things up, the gambling house that does not have the strength of its own will be able to immediately apply to the Gambling Association, and the association will use the fastest speed to send a strong expert to help you keep watch.
You know... Some Gambling Master made their fortune by roaming some small casinos. Furthermore, since the other party dared to do so, she must have a deep background and strength. She was normally not afraid that those small casinos would use force after losing the bet.
So... Without the protection of Gambling Association, even if this underground gambling den of yours could earn a lot of money, if he were to meet an expert admonishing him to challenge the game, he would be able to turn this gambling den upside down overnight.
And also … Once one had the protection of the Gambling Association, even if it was the officials of an ordinary nation, they would still be restricted to a certain extent, and would not easily slash into an underground gambling house like this.
Speaking of which, Zhou Dapeng's Hongyun Casino was not small in size, and could barely meet the criteria to join Gambling Association. And a while ago, Zhou Dapeng had also used some of his connections to request for a membership in the Gambling Association. However, after some people were sent to secretly inspect the situation, they concluded that Zhou Dapeng's casino was not up to standard and even explicitly ordered him to close the casino within the set time limit. Otherwise, he might be penalized by the Gambling Association.
This was not because the Gambling Association discriminated against Zhou Dapeng at all, but because Zhou Dapeng's management skills were too low. For example, he had tried to set up a trap that would cause his family to lose all their money, almost to the point of losing their lives … Zhou Dapeng had done it many times in the past.
And this kind of method, in terms of Gambling Association, was an extremely vile action. A regular casino would normally only rely on the dealer's odds of earning money, and would not cheat to swindle Gambler. Moreover, an official casino would never resort to such underhanded methods to destroy Gambler. After all, this kind of method was equivalent to killing a chicken to reap its egg.
In fact, if a Gambler from a foreign land lost all their money at your place, they would even give a red packet or call it a backwater, allowing the Gambler who had lost all his money to return home safely.
As a result, it was impossible to pass the examination for the world's Gambling Association to operate something as useless as the Hong Yun Casino. Furthermore, the representatives of the association who were in charge of the audit also believed that the actions of the Hongyun Casino had severely discredited the fairness and notarization of the gambling industry. It would make the Gambler who had played here feel deeply pained for the gambling industry. As a result, even if Hongyun Casino was not a member of the association, the representative of the association still forced them to close the casino.
In this way, the Hong Yun Casino would be facing a calamity. Zhou Dapeng who had some understanding of world Gambling Association naturally knew … If Gambling Association had not given such an order, then he would have been able to quietly continue operating here. But now, once Gambling Association had set his eyes on him, if he did not accept the verdict and closed the gambling house, then once the time limit had come, his gambling house would have definitely gone bankrupt.
They did not even need to use their backers, as long as they could send out a Gambling Master, they would be able to win the casino.
But facing this kind of Gambling Master who had a background in Gambling Association, Zhou Dapeng didn't dare to use any other means to deal with him. Otherwise, not only would he be unable to keep the gambling house safe, even his little life would be lost just like that.
However at this time, Zhou Dapeng actually heard some inside news about this year's Gambling King Contest. He knew that if he could find a Gambling Master to represent his casino and obtain a top ten result, he would be accepted as an arbitrator by the world Gambling Association.
And as long as one of their own could enter the world's Gambling Association and become an arbitrator, then the punishment decision made by the representative of the ordinary association towards the Hongyun Casino would be meaningless. Even getting their casino to join the association would be a piece of cake!
As an arbiter of Gambling Association, there was always a spot for people to recommend casinos to join Gambling Association.
Originally … Although the so-called Gambling King Contest was the same as the World Cup, being held once every four years, this competition was a little different.
It was because the original gambling world's number one Gambling King, Soren, was gradually growing older. He was prepared to slowly withdraw from the gambling world and return to seclusion for his old age.
However … The world's Gambling Association that was created by Soren back then could not be abandoned just like that, so … Only then did he decide that he would have to choose his successor through this year's Gambling King Contest.
Don't ever think that the Gambling Association of this world is a loose and powerless empty space, just like the various official or unofficial trade associations. And in fact... This world's Gambling Association has quite a lot of power.
Even though there was no official approval from the world's Gambling Association, with the reputation of Soren s, this association was basically the highest ranked in the entire gambling industry. And because it was supported by most of the people in the gambling industry, every time the Gambling Association made a ruling on a certain matter, it would be executed very well.
This was because if you did not execute it, you would most likely encounter an exclusion and challenge from the entire industry. That was definitely a suicidal move.
Of course … This world's Gambling Association, was definitely not the kind of body that served people for free. Any casino … No matter if you are legally recognized by the local government or a casino like Zhou Dapeng's Hong Yun, you can only secretly run an underground casino.
As long as you apply to join the World Gambling Association, you will have to pay 3% of the casino's annual profit as your membership fee.
Don't underestimate this 3% profit, you know... Although there were not many legally-protected casinos in the world that were recognized by the government, there were countless underground casinos like this one. It was hard to count the number of casinos.
Although underground casinos would not and might not have the qualifications to join the Gambling Association of the world if they had not reached a certain size, the number of underground casinos that had reached that level was still quite shocking.
In total, every year, these casinos contributed an astonishing amount of wealth to Gambling Association.
Furthermore, don't think that the reason the gambling house paid this three percent fee was because of the exploitation of its Gambling Association. In reality, if they had reached a certain scale in a casino, there would really be very few people who refused to join Gambling Association for the sake of saving money.
Because as long as you join Gambling Association, it would be equivalent to receiving a guarantee. In the future, no member of the Gambling Association would be allowed to go to a gambling house that was under the protection of the Gambling Association to challenge others.
And if there is a Gambling Master who has yet to join Gambling Association that dares to mess things up, the gambling house that does not have the strength of its own will be able to immediately apply to the Gambling Association, and the association will use the fastest speed to send a strong expert to help you keep watch.
You know... Some Gambling Master made their fortune by roaming some small casinos. Furthermore, since the other party dared to do so, she must have a deep background and strength. She was normally not afraid that those small casinos would use force after losing the bet.
So... Without the protection of Gambling Association, even if this underground gambling den of yours could earn a lot of money, if he were to meet an expert admonishing him to challenge the game, he would be able to turn this gambling den upside down overnight.
And also … Once one had the protection of the Gambling Association, even if it was the officials of an ordinary nation, they would still be restricted to a certain extent, and would not easily slash into an underground gambling house like this.
Speaking of which, Zhou Dapeng's Hongyun Casino was not small in size, and could barely meet the criteria to join Gambling Association. And a while ago, Zhou Dapeng had also used some of his connections to request for a membership in the Gambling Association. However, after some people were sent to secretly inspect the situation, they concluded that Zhou Dapeng's casino was not up to standard and even explicitly ordered him to close the casino within the set time limit. Otherwise, he might be penalized by the Gambling Association.
This was not because the Gambling Association discriminated against Zhou Dapeng at all, but because Zhou Dapeng's management skills were too low. For example, he had tried to set up a trap that would cause his family to lose all their money, almost to the point of losing their lives … Zhou Dapeng had done it many times in the past.
And this kind of method, in terms of Gambling Association, was an extremely vile action. A regular casino would normally only rely on the dealer's odds of earning money, and would not cheat to swindle Gambler. Moreover, an official casino would never resort to such underhanded methods to destroy Gambler. After all, this kind of method was equivalent to killing a chicken to reap its egg.
In fact, if a Gambler from a foreign land lost all their money at your place, they would even give a red packet or call it a backwater, allowing the Gambler who had lost all his money to return home safely.
As a result, it was impossible to pass the examination for the world's Gambling Association to operate something as useless as the Hong Yun Casino. Furthermore, the representatives of the association who were in charge of the audit also believed that the actions of the Hongyun Casino had severely discredited the fairness and notarization of the gambling industry. It would make the Gambler who had played here feel deeply pained for the gambling industry. As a result, even if Hongyun Casino was not a member of the association, the representative of the association still forced them to close the casino.
In this way, the Hong Yun Casino would be facing a calamity. Zhou Dapeng who had some understanding of world Gambling Association naturally knew … If Gambling Association had not given such an order, then he would have been able to quietly continue operating here. But now, once Gambling Association had set his eyes on him, if he did not accept the verdict and closed the gambling house, then once the time limit had come, his gambling house would have definitely gone bankrupt.
They did not even need to use their backers, as long as they could send out a Gambling Master, they would be able to win the casino.
But facing this kind of Gambling Master who had a background in Gambling Association, Zhou Dapeng didn't dare to use any other means to deal with him. Otherwise, not only would he be unable to keep the gambling house safe, even his little life would be lost just like that.
However at this time, Zhou Dapeng actually heard some inside news about this year's Gambling King Contest. He knew that if he could find a Gambling Master to represent his casino and obtain a top ten result, he would be accepted as an arbitrator by the world Gambling Association.
And as long as one of their own could enter the world's Gambling Association and become an arbitrator, then the punishment decision made by the representative of the ordinary association towards the Hongyun Casino would be meaningless. Even getting their casino to join the association would be a piece of cake!
As an arbiter of Gambling Association, there was always a spot for people to recommend casinos to join Gambling Association.