Breaking With Lawless Past, Latin America Pivots To Legal Future
While the betting market in Latin America is going from strength to strength, growing faster than in other parts of the world,…
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“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…
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…
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…
While Xi Says Hi, It’s Wynn-Wynn For Wynn Resorts
Gambling gentry Wynn Resorts–big in Vegas, big in Macau–has reported a spectacular Q1, posting operating revenues of US$1.42 billion (£1.12bn) compared to…
Ditching Junkets and Covid, Macau Steps Back From The Brink
So a man…invariably a man…sometimes with a bejewelled beauty on his arm…walks into a casino… It’s the foundational cliché of high-stakes gambling,…
Top Chinese Players Snookered By Match-fixing Charges
As the so-called World Snooker Championship enters the business end of competition this week, 10 Chinese players–among them former Masters winner Yan…
Avatar: The Way of Indian iGaming
They say that India has 40,000 gods and goddesses, and that each one has four avatars. At the expense of exaggeration, it…