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Nepal King Seeks Refuge Through Online Gambling

King Gyanendra of Nepal has lost grip on the government and the army. He was supposed to follow in the footsteps of his father and revive the era of all-powerful kings. Now he's living with the threat of losing his crown after a nationwide revolt.

In search of consolation from suffering depression and fluctuating blood pressure the 60-year-old monarch was forced to hand over power to a multi-party government and endure the restrictions by the Parliament on his purse and privileges. Now the king is having insomnia that is keeping him up late at night.

The king himself recently has been playing online poker and blackjack in the Narayanhiti royal palace till early morning to take his mind off the political developments in the country that threaten to abolish monarchy by holding an election in a few months. He even uses his international credit cards in gambling and entering their details online, an action commonly avoided by wise Internet users to avoid fraud.

About 900 employees in the royal household stay awake with the King until he ceases to play online and its proving costly for his retainers.

The king plans to go to another palace in Nagarjuna on Thursday to spend some time thare. Nagarjuna is a forest reserve on the outskirts of Kathmandu valley.

Since April, when street protests forced him to reinstate Parliament and step down as head of the government, the Nagarjuna trip would be the first time the king has left the palace.

As a Chinese delegation arrives in Kathmandu on Thursday, this trip would seem to some extent a means of avoiding a humiliating situation.

Chinese vice foreign minister Wu Tawei will be leading leading a 10-member team on a three-day visit to discuss with Nepal's new government "ways to assist in the recent political transformation".