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”…
thailand
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….
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,…
Will Thailand Become South East Asia’s Next Money Laundering Hub?
Thailand’s Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra is facing a parliamentary motion of No Confidence tomorrow (March 26), which may scupper her US$9 billion…
“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…
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…
You POGO If You Want To, But Don’t Say You Don’t Know
The sponsorship of a number of English Premier League football clubs by so-called POGOS–the often-illegal offshore betting sites based in The Philippines–has…
Big Moves in Little Laos, Set to Become Major Offshore iGaming Hub in S.E. Asia
Despite the very real possibility of incurring the wrath of its mighty neighbour, China, Laos, one of the few remaining avowedly communist…