Eager to try the excitement of gambling and casino, thousands of Chinese flock to the Myanmar border to play in the casinos in that area, tired of the restrictions existing nowadays in the People’s Republic of China where betting is illegal and a lot of limitations stop people from trying out their luck in casinos in their own country.

Due to these restrictions, the possibilities of visiting a gaming table are virtually none for Chinese residents. As a result, for those who still want to experience the excitement of real casinos, Myanmar's unlegislated northeast profiles as a near possibility to visit Casinos and try Baccarat tables, the favorite game in the area.

The border area of Maijayang is popular for its mafia-run casinos, which are “hidden” into a shield formed by Myanmar's lush green mountains, surrounded by a wall of dense sugarcane fields. A former casino employee declared: "Whatever you need we can take care of, gambling, drugs, girls, all can be arranged”.

The Chinese government forbids all forms of gambling and categorizes them as criminal activities that promote anti-social behavior, prostitution and drug abuse. Although in the past year rumor had it that there were negotiations going on to approve the installation of casinos in the country, this has not yet been confirmed by the Chinese Government.