Police in Kaula Lampur, Malaysia swooped down on a massive, illegal online gambling operation earlier this week, arresting 100 Chinese nationals in the process. The raid was a mirror image of recent police operations across Southeast Asia as authorities crack down on Chinese organized crime. This week's raid took place in the posh gated community…
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has a message for for both licensed and black market online gambling operators working in his country, your business is not welcome here. Late last week, Sen issued a directive ordering an end to the licensing of new online casinos and the shuttering of existing operations, which he deemed as…
The regulated Philippines online gambling industry is one of those unique markets that focuses exclusively on players in others countries - specifically China. Of course relatively few Filipino citizens speak Mandarin Chinese, so huge numbers of Chinese-speaking employees have brought in to serve the legions of Chinese players gambling on Chinese-facing sites that are based…
Boyaa Interactive CEO Zhang Wei is languishing in a Chinese prison cell after losing an appeal for charges of bribery. He's facing a year behind bars and that's just one of the indignities that's been visited upon the China-based social gaming company this year. Wei's prison sentence stems from a May 2018 conviction in which…
A bill that legalizes casino gambling in some parts of the country is moving its way through the Parliament of Myanmar. The bill is a major step forward in crushing the country's thriving, and quite violent, underground gambling culture as well as a move to attract foreign tourists. Any new casino that's built as the…
When the Thai government wanted to make a point about how serious it is about enforcing anti-gambling laws recently, it looked for some high-profile names to make an example of. In doing so, they ran across a less-than-nefarious group of criminals known as the Net Pretties. The Net Pretties are, however, hardly anyone's idea of…
Malaysian government authorities are doing their best to make accessing online gambling sites as hard as possible for their citizens. As part of their efforts, lawmakers in the Southeast Asian country are looking at shutting down legal loopholes that have allowed some operators to exist in a legal grey area. According to reporting by CalvinAyre.com,…
The South Korean casino industry is feeling the impact of worldwide political turmoil in the form of lower revenue for Q1 2017. It's a challenging situation that could get a lot worse as relations between South Korea, North Korea, and China deteriorate. One of the biggest challenges for South Korean casino operators is that they…
Regulated gambling is a big business is a massive business in South Korea and the government is benefiting from it to the tune of $3,6 billion a year. That's the gist of an analysis of National Gambling Control Commission records by the Korean Taxpayers Association. The numbers paint a picture of a robust industry that's generating…
Philippines Gaming and Amusement Corporation (PAGCOR) chief Andrea Domingo is getting ready to review a new round of Philippines Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) license to home grown gambling operators. The announcement came during a fiery keynote address and news conference at the ASEAN Gaming Summit in Manila this week. During her address, Domingo announced that her…
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