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Reading Time: 1 minute A court in the Chinese province of Shenzhen has slapped a severe punishment for persons who ran an illegal online casino based on the Chinese social messaging website WeChat and artificial intelligence (AI). The court verified the documents submitted by the police and analysed the mobile phones, laptops, and money seised […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Hard Rock International, one of leading casino companies in the world based at the UK, is vouching for women empowerment in its bid to win the IR license in Japan. The company is promising that it will empower women apart from constructing an entertainment and hospitality hub with a casino floor, […]
Reading Time: 1 minute The police in Taman Kinrara, Puchong in Malaysia has busted an online gambling syndicate that specialised in mobile betting and arrested eight men. Police confiscated four tablets and money worth RM228 during the raid that was launched after days of close surveillance. Acting Serdang OCPD Supt Mohd Rosdi Daud said the […]
Reading Time: 1 minute The Supreme Court of the Philippines has cleared the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) for conducting a public bidding process for its online lottery system. The High Court’s Third Division had stopped the process, quelling a previous ruling from a lower court. According to the Supreme Court, the Philippine Gaming and […]
Reading Time: 1 minute Google Playstore has removed 56 Vietnamese language gambling apps, following the dictates from the government. Vietnam’s Ministry of Information and Communications has announced that the tech giant finally ceded to its request to remove the 56 Vietnamese-language real-money gambling apps from the Google Play online marketplace. Among the removed apps, 16 […]
Reading Time: 1 minute Hokkaido, one of the largest southern islands in Japan, will host an IR showcase event in November. This is significant for the following reason. After the passage of IR bill in the Japanese parliament, it is sure that casino industry will land in Japan in three locations. But the identity of […]
Reading Time: 1 minute A Philippine councillor, Brillante Inciong, alleges that there is corruption in the license-issuing process of gaming firms. The councillor specifically names three Parañaque politicians and some officials in his complaint. He submitted a seven-page complaint-affidavit to the Philippine Ombudsman. He demands enquiry of Councillors John Ryan Yllana and Edwin Benzon and […]
In a big development, Vietnamese police have tracked down an online gambling ring that was dealing with $26 million. The police nabbed 10 persons and seized guns and cash. Despite the strict anti-gambling laws in the country, the operators of the online gambling ring maintained several websites for sports betting and other forms of […]
Caesars Entertainment, the US-based casino giant recovering from bankruptcy woes, has started steps to start its casino operation in Macao, the Chinese gambling haven. The company has registered its Flamingo and Cromwell properties for trademark protection in the region. The company is now targeting international markets. In 2002, when Macau issued its first gaming […]
The Statistics and Census Service of Macau has released new figures, stating that there is an 18.7 per cent increase in the number of persons visiting the Chinese territory. According to the agency’s latest report, 3.40 million people visited the region in August Among the visitors, 25.3 per cent, about 2.53 million were from […]
Japanese video game developer Capcom has launched Street Fighter eSports league in Japan. This is the company’s first major eSports initiative. The Street Fighter eSports league will focus on three-on-three team battles. Six teams will be formed from a mix of unlicensed competitors and those licensed by the Japanese eSports Union (JeSU), which was […]
Some of the best-known names in the casino segment, in addition to four Japanese companies, have expressed interests to obtain licenses in the integrated resort (IR) plan in Yokohama in Japan. The regional government of Yokohama conducted a request for information (RFI) process, which saw 12 companies submitting plans and information. The deadline for […]
There have been widespread whispers about Chinese government allowing legalised gambling in Mainland China, especially after the US states started legalising sports betting. Macau, a Chinese territory, is one of the leading gambling locations in the world – perhaps second only to Las Vegas. Hong Kong, another Chinese-controlled territory, allows legalised gambling. The gambling […]
Tiger Resort Leisure and Entertainment Inc., the Philippines-based casino operator, is planning to start an office and obtain casino license in Japan. Its parent company Universal Entertainment Corp. has announced the news on Wednesday through a statement on its website. “[Tiger Resort’s] Japan Branch will be established for research and analysis of the Integrated […]
The police in the Indian capital of Delhi has busted an illegal online gambling ring. The gambling operations were being conducted from a residential building in New Ashok Nagar in east Delhi. The police arrested 14 persons, including the alleged owner and manager of the casino, for running the gambling ring, and 12 persons […]
The government of Osaka Prefecture is pushing for women support in its bid to become a beneficiary of Japan’s recently passed IR bill, which will allow casinos in the country, but only in three locations. Osaka is trying hard to become one of the locations, and the push to win the support of women, who, […]
Myanmar has gone one more inch closer to welcome casino industry to the country. The lower house of the Legislature has passed a bill that would allow foreigner-casinos in the country. The bill, titled the Gambling Bill 2018, was introduced a couple of months ago. It will add amendments to the existing Gambling Act of […]
The government of Jeju, an island in South Korea, is planning to bring out a legislation to ban the practice of transferring the license for operating casinos. Won Hee-ryong, the governor of Jeju said he would support the legal amendment to stop casino licences to be transferred between properties. “We should, in principle, approve a […]
Typhoon Mangkhut has devastated the Philippines and China, including Macau, perhaps the world’s largest gambling hub. Gambling activities have come to a halt in the region, where people are thinking about only one thing: saving their own life. The employees in gambling industry said the closure of gambling happened for the first time since gambling […]
Malaysian police has arrested more than 22,000 in nationwide raids in connection with illegal gambling activities nationwide during 2018 so far. Inspector General of Police Tan Sri Mohamad Fuzi Harun said the police had conducted 12,449 raids on illegal gambling rings and unlicensed lottery joints. “These numbers show a decrease compared to 12,628 raids and […]