iGaming 2026: Predicting Another Year Of Living Dangerously
Predict. Now that’s a good start, because with U.S. giants FanDuel, DraftKings and BetMGM all set to embrace the prediction markets phenomenon…
Asia
Numbers Up For Cambodia Casino Bombed By Thai Jets
In perhaps the most bizarre gambling-related news of the year, Thai F-16 fighter jets have bombed a casino on the Cambodia border,…
Serendipity Calling Sri Lanka Is Open For Business
SPECIAL REPORT: Sri Lanka, the fabled Serendipity of yore, is set to become an iGaming paradise as Southeast Asia’s next big hub….
Gacha: Child Gambling And The Dark Art Of ‘Romance Scams’ Fuelling iGaming In Japan
This October, a 15-year-old boy from Sendai, a major Japanese city near the capital Tokyo, was arrested for allegedly swindling a man…
Dream Island And The Future Of Japanese Gaming
Despite historically tight legal restrictions, Japan is a nation of gamblers. Remarkably, it has one of the highest GGRs in the world…
“Sino” Non Qua: China Checks POGO Scam Centres Across Asia
SPECIAL REPORT: In my previous life as a foreign correspondent I once had the dubious honour of interviewing the opium warlord Khun…
Uncle Can You Spare A Crime, Now Thailand Goes To War With Gambling
Barely a month since the ousting of prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra for the crime of calling neighbouring Cambodia strongman Hun Sen “Uncle”…
POGOs Outlawed As Philippines Clampdown Continues
Filipino President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has signed Republic Act 12312, also known as the Anti‑POGO Act of 2025, which officially outlaws…
It’s Getting Better All The Time? Embattled iGaming Software Giants Evolution Report Flat To Minus Q3
If this is progress then what’s Evolution? One may well ask, as the Swedish-origin iGaming software and games developer, mired in controversy…
Go East Hot Gambler As Storied Las Vegas Sands Runs Out Of Digital Time
Hit the road Jack, and don’t you come back no more, no more…one can almost hear the storied Rat Pack of Frank…