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The crackdown began on July 31. On August 9 alone, more than 4,000 gambling-related apps were wiped to comply with regulations, the broadcaster said, but those are numbers Apple has not confirmed.
On July 31, CCTV ran a news segment about a “Mr. Mu”, who lost 120,000 yuan (US$ 17,670) on a lottery app that he downloaded from the Apple Store. The app was not made by an official lottery outlet, as it claimed to be.
The state broadcaster ran a repackage of the segment again yesterday, adding that even though Apple has removed the apps from the App Store, many of the downloaded apps are working normally.
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