Taiwan police probe betting on cancer patient deaths
- Published: 8 Jan 2013 at 23.45
- Online news: Asia
Taiwan's police said Tuesday they have launched an investigation into a report that gamblers are betting tens of millions of dollars on the life expectancy of terminally ill cancer patients.
A dosimetrist looks over a cancer patient's image scan to help plan a radiation treatment in Fayetteville, North Carolina on August 4, 2010.
The investigation comes after Taipei-based Next magazine claimed that gamblers -- including the families and doctors of cancer sufferers -- in the central city of Taichung are placing bets as high as Tw$1.0 billion ($34.5 million) on when patients will die.
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