Going Underground: North Korea’s Illicit Compact with Gambling
SPECIAL REPORT: North Korea is notoriously cited as one of the most unfree and secretive states in the world. Little is known…
Japan
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…
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…
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…
“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…
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…
Slowly, Slowly Catchee Monkey, MGM’s Groundbreaking Japan Venture Inches Forward
Never has the ancient African proverb “slowly, slowly, catchee monkey” been more apposite. Doing business in Japan, to coin additional euphemisms, is…
Tiptoeing Through The Tulips, The Weird And Wonderful World Of Japanese Gambling
Apart from the embracing, indeed comforting, atmosphere of all-pervasive order, and the immaculate state of big city streets, the first time visitor…