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_2013-07-31
  Benjamin Cruz, vice speaker of the Guam legislature, asked the island's attorney general to review his draft bill to prohibit casino cafes as Gua

_2013-07-31
    Las Vegas Sands Corp. lost a bid in Nevada district court to throw out a $70 million Las Vegas jury award to Hong Kong businessman Richard Su

_2013-07-31
    Singapore may look at tightening rules for civil servants entering casinos. The Public Service Division made the announcement after it was

_2013-07-31
  Genting partners with Hollywood Genting Group will team up with Hollywood’s Twentieth Century Fox studio to build a M$400 million ($153 millio

_2013-07-31
  Swansea City, the English Premier League club, announced it had entered an exclusive agreement with SBOBET, the Philippine-based online bookmaker

_2013-07-31
  The internet-only currency Bitcoin has been banned in Thailand, making it the first country in the world to make such a move. Reports suggest tha

_2013-07-31
  Officials report the 541-room The Grand-Ho Tram Strip casino resort is almost entirely sold out for August, likely helped by an opening month pro

_2013-07-31
  Caesars Entertainment Corp. and partner Lippo Group Ltd. each said they are still considering whether to appeal the decision by South Korea’s M

_2013-07-31
  Police cracked down on an illegal gambling ring that organized games online disguised as “bookmaking activity.” According to local media, the

_2013-07-31
  Delta Corp. said it remained committed to launching the M.V. Horseshoe, its new floating casino, in Goa despite the controversy touched off by th

_2013-07-31
  Prosecutors filed a 571-page charge sheet naming 39 people for involvement in the Indian Premier League spot-fixing scandal, including wanted gan

_2013-07-31
  Police in Liwang raided a gambling den and arrested eight government officials while patrolling the area at midnight. Local media reports say th

_2013-07-31
  The South Australian parliament passed gambling law amendments to authorize a A$300 million ($277.2 million) expansion of SkyCity Entertainment G

_2013-07-31
  South Australia's Independent Gambling Authority issued a draft code of practice that would require betting companies to include prominent anti-g

_2013-07-31
The Greens party pledged to demand changes in gambling machine policy if it holds the balance of power in the federal Senate after the country's upco

_2013-07-31
  Lim Kok Thay, chairman of Malaysia’s Genting Group, said the group is still waiting to hear from regulators in Queensland and New South Wales o

_2013-07-31
  Aristocrat Leisure Ltd. said its first Facebook gaming app, Heart of Vegas, had been installed by 500,000 people in its first few weeks of releas

_2013-07-31
  Casinos in Macau raked in a total of 29.5 billion patacas ($3.7 billion) in the month of July, according to official figures released today by th

_2013-07-24
Published in: Latest Intelligence Lobbying groups are making unprecedented headway in pushing for legislation that would pave the way for casinos in Japan and the landslide victory of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in last Sunday’s election for...

_2013-07-24
Published in: Latest Intelligence SkyCity Entertainment Ltd. has notched up deals in recent weeks to expand capacity at its flagship casino in Auckland and take over a casino in Queenstown, the only place in New Zealand home to multiple casinos. Factoring...

_2013-07-18
Published in: Latest Intelligence   By Chris Eaton Director Sport Integrity The International Centre for Sport Security       Sport and sport gambling are two sides of a coin, even if sport itself is in many ways unenthusiastic about...

_2013-07-18
Published in: Latest Intelligence Are you missing out? Most think so... Halfway around the world at the World Gaming Executive Summit in Barcelona this month, most had the Asian gambling market on their minds. Tom Hall, business development director...

_2013-07-12
Published in: Latest Intelligence   Two companies backed by Macau’s Lawrence Ho have entered into an agreement to develop a casino in Russia’s Far East that hopes to attract gamblers from northern China, but analysts say big questions remain about...

_2013-07-12
Published in: Latest Intelligence   In the face of mounting financial obligations, the government of the Northern Marianas, a Pacific island chain near Guam, is looking at raising revenues through casinos and other gaming activities. Governor Eloy...

_2013-07-04
Published in: Latest Intelligence   Macau’s casinos may be starting to feel the pinch of a double squeeze. China is tightening credit, and has even precipitated a recent credit crunch. At the same time, the U.S. Federal Reserve has indicated plans...

_2013-07-04
Published in: Latest Intelligence Illegal lotteries, popularly known as “jueteng”, have proved difficult to stamp out in the Philippines despite concerns that they are fuelling corruption. The illegal numbers games are usually based on the popular...