Lost In The Junglee Flutter Entertainment Takes A Mega Hit In FY25
Like many a valiant merchant prince before him, out to make a fortune from the fabulous East, Flutter Entertainment’s CEO Peter Jackson…
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Amid Dirty Money Fears, Philippines Revives iGaming Ban Bill
Philippines lawmakers have revived debate over a potential nationwide online gambling ban, as regulators face mounting pressure to strengthen player protections and…
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…
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…
Macau Sets New Record For Visitor Numbers
Despite ongoing pressures, Macau welcomed a record number of punters in August 2025, marking a 15.5 percent increase year-on-year (y-o-y). The former…
Amid Looming Black Market Crisis, Philippines Mulls iGaming Ban
Amid a looming black market gambling crisis and the humiliating threat of being put back on the FATF international money laundering Grey…
Flutter Pulls Junglee From Wild and Unpredicatable India Market
“Junglee” in Hindi means wild, unpredictable, literally someone or something from the jungle. The word could very well apply to India’s vast…
Exotic Not Much Profit, Wynn Resorts Posts Flatline Q2 2025
Away from its exotic headline-grabbing ventures in Macau and the U.A.E.’s Al-Marjan, Wynn Resorts reported essentially flatline results for Q2. And a…
Jacky Cheung, Who He? Macau’s Sound of Money
If entertainment in the world of gambling resorts be the sound of love and money–think Elvis–then Jackie Cheung is the crooner who’s…
Macau’s Blurred Vision: Get Out Of Town Before It’s Too Late
Hitherto it’s been world gambling’s biggest market; bigger even than storied Las Vegas. But the warning graffiti, increasingly, is being scrawled on…
One Country’s Misfortune is Another Country’s Opportunity, Vietnam Moves Into the Casino Cockpit
Just as Japan’s post-WW2 rebuild was super-powered by the outbreak of the Korean War, so too was Thailand’s society-changing tourist boom triggered…
Gambler, Gambler, Frontier Tensions Hit Thai-Cambodia Border Casinos
In scenes reminiscent of an exotic Bollywood movie, frontier tensions between “frenemies” Thailand and Cambodia are hitting the lucrative cross-border casino business….
Assessing the Asia opportunity
Kyle Wiltshire, CEO at TESTA, says Asian markets such as Japan offer tremendous potential, but operators first need to benchmark against their…
The Long Goodbye, Macau Appoints Woman as Gambling Boss
Amid ongoing uncertainty over its direction of legislative travel, Macau, the world’s richest-by-far gaming jurisdiction, has appointed Ms. Ng Wai Han as…
Flutter Hyderabad GCC Exceeds 1,000 Employees Milestone
Flutter Entertainment has announced that its Global Capability Centre (GCC) in Hyderabad, operating under Flutter Entertainment India LLP (FEI), has surpassed 1,000…
Chulo-ji! India Awakes And Moves Toward Legalising Gambling
After decades of obfuscation, clarity is finally emerging in India’s arcane gambling space, the biggest unregulated betting market by population in the…
Growing Not Us To Thailand’s Proposed Gambling Locus
Despite the keen endorsement of Thai political kingmaker and former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, the southeast Asia country’s much-touted Entertainment Complex Bill,…
Hong Kong Jockey Club to Propose Regulated Basketball Betting
The Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) has announced its support for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government’s (HKSARG) decision to invite…
Big, Bigger, Best, MGM Resorts International Posts Record FY24 Revenue
Boosted by Macau and iGaming, Big Beast MGM Resorts International has posted a record FY 2024 with consolidated net revenue growing by…
OPEN BOOK: How China Triads Are Fuelling A Global Tsunami of Illicit Gambling and Money Laundering
As a business which by its very nature deals in sudden windfalls, gambling of all stripes, has long presented a near-perfect disguise…
“Sawadi Craps”: Thailand Moves To Legalise Online Gaming
Thailand, the most popular tourist destination and pleasure ground in Asia, is poised to legalise iGaming. The move comes as central China…
As POGOs Go No-No In Philippines Online Boom-Booms
Finally some good news for fully regulated gambling in The Philippines as iGaming went stratospheric in Q3 — and helped off-set a…
GiG Secures Entry into Asia Through Agreement with Bloomberry Resorts
Gaming Innovation Group Software Plc (GiG), a prominent B2B iGaming technology provider, has announced a long-term agreement with Bloomberry Resorts Corporation and…
MGM Resorts International Reports Record 2024 Q3
MGM Resorts International has reported its financial results for the third quarter of 2024, showcasing record consolidated net revenues and significant growth…
Steady As They Blow, Millions: Gaming Whales Back In Macau Waters
In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, which devastated Macau, the whales are finally back playing the tables at the world’s biggest…
Malaysian Political Party Promises to Close Down Country’s Only Casino
Malaysia’s Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) has vowed to close Resorts World, Genting Highlands—the country’s only casino—if it wins the state of Pahang…
Bagpipes and Fiddles, Football Continues To Bet With Its Future
While anti-gambling activists north of the border are gagging on their haggis, following the news that blue chip William Hill is to…
Flutter Entertainment Opens Strategic Development Centre in India
Flutter Entertainment has officially opened its new Global Capability Centre in Hyderabad, India. Situated in RMZ Spire within Knowledge City, one of…
Special Report: Triads And The Art Of Macau Money Washing
China’s ruling Communist party has long had an ambivalent–if not schizophrenic–obsession with gambling. Across this vast Asian superpower gambling is technically legal…
Kiss Kiss, Bong Bong Asia Gaming On A Boom And A Roll
Amid the frenzied gambling boom in the vast Southeast Asia and East Asia regions, Philippines President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jnr. has declared…
Hong Kong Sets Record £2.8bn Turnover For China Racing Season
The Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) has had its best ever end-of-racing-season finale, with a final 2023/24 turnover of some HKD28.8 billion…
Getting Ahead of the Curve: Asian Gaming Trends with SiGMA’s Neil Shih
SiGMA’s Asia Summit is one of the region’s largest annual industry conventions. Set in the heart of Asia’s iGaming capital, Manila, the…
Indonesian Treasury Banks Funds in Nationwide Gambling Clamp-Down – Arrests Made
President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) signed Presidential Decree 21/2024 into force on June 14th, underscoring the Indonesian government’s unwavering commitment to stamping out…
SPECIAL REPORT: Gambling’s Odds In India
India has 10,000 Gods. And each one, they say, has 400 avatars. Thus imagine the betting permutations in this amazing world, both…
Wazdan Enters Philippines Market through Partnership with SG8
Wazdan, an iGaming content developer, has expanded into the Filipino market through a partnership with SG8, a prominent operator in the country….
Wynn Resorts Reveals Strong Q1 2024 Financials
Wynn Resorts has unveiled its financial results for the first quarter ending March 31, 2024. The company reported operating revenues of US$1.86…
Savouring Entain At Bay, MGM’s Hornbuckle Posts Ominous Q1
As Big Bill Hornbuckle, CEO and President of MGM Resorts International, looks out of his penthouse office suite at 3600 Las Vegas…
A Tale Of Two Archipelagos: Philippines Says Hello To iGaming But Indonesia Says No No
It’s a tale of two archipelagos. The iGaming course of ASEAN neighbours The Philippines and Indonesia, the two biggest island nations in…
Triple Hit: The Spectacular Rise And Rise And Rise of Sportradar
Somebody give that man a bonus. A big fat bonus. For the third Financial Year in succession coming sports media betting and…
Timor-Leste: New Destination for iGaming Regulation
Timor-Leste is making significant strides to establish itself as a notable jurisdiction for online gambling, positioning itself alongside established regulatory environments such…
ParlayBay Expands in Asia Through Partnership with 96.com
ParlayBay, a provider known for its innovative sports betting products, has entered into a partnership with 96.com to supply its leading cricket…
Phat City: The Magic Is Back In Macau
Macau, the storied Chinese gambling enclave that was almost floored by draconian travel bans and lockdowns during the recent pandemic, is back…