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_2013-08-28
The Office of Liquor, Gaming and Racing has charged that The Star casino in Sydney improperly awarded cash prizes in drawings in its high rollers are

_2013-08-28
Gaming revenues for Macau Legend Development Ltd. climbed 19.2 percent in the first six months of 2013 to HK$623 million ($80.3 million) thanks to a

_2013-08-28
Amax Holdings Ltd. announced a three-way deal under which it stands to raise a net HK$9.3 million ($2 million). Ng Man-sun, chairman and chief execut

_2013-08-28
SBOBET, the Philippine-based online bookmaker, reached agreements to be the Asian betting partner of two additional English Premier clubs, adding Sou

_2013-08-28
Slovenia's Interblock won an order to supply 104 game stations for baccarat and roulette to The Grand-Ho Tram Strip. The company recently installed i

_2013-08-28
Karl Stoss, chief executive of Casinos Austria AG, met with the Ministry of Finance to discuss a computerized lottery project in Vietnam, local media

_2013-08-28
Marina Bay Sands casino won a S$240,868 ($187,782) judgment, plus interest and legal costs, against gambler Lester Ong, who had sought to avoid payin

_2013-08-28
Firich Enterprises Co. is to join with Melco International Development Ltd. and Summit Ascent Holdings Ltd. to invest in casino hotel projects in the

_2013-08-28
The Congress party requested a probe by the Securities Exchange Board of India and the Central Bureau of Investigation into whether Manohar Parrikar,

_2013-08-28
Panaji police are investigating an abuse complaint filed by a steward on the Casino Pride against director Srinivas Nayak. The woman said Nayak had v

_2013-08-28
Bookmaker Sportsbet said it had received a A$750,000 ($673,000) bet on the opposition Liberal/National coalition to win next month's federal election

_2013-08-28
Zhou Zhao was sentenced to five months' home detention and Xiao Dong Lu to 350 hours of community work for their part in a NZ$52,000 ($41,000) cheati

_2013-08-28
The Northern Marianas House rejected the Senate's version of a bill to legalize electronic table games at Saipan hotels with at least 100 rooms or an

_2013-08-28
Jimmy Hsieh agreed to plead guilty to criminal conspiracy to running an illegal gambling operation and money laundering at the MGM Spa in Guam along

_2013-08-28
Queensland Premier Campbell Newman has questioned whether Echo Entertainment Group Ltd. deserves to preserve its lock on casino gambling in most of t

_2013-08-28
The opposition Liberal/National coalition said that it would abolish Australia's national gambling regulator if it wins next month's election and rep

_2013-08-28
Profits for the Lao Cai International Hotel casino in Vietnam rose 85 percent to A$4.75 million in the year ended June 30 as revenues rose 72 percent

_2013-08-28
Australian bookmaker Tom Waterhouse has lost a defamation case against Fairfax Media columnist Peter FitzSimons.  Waterhouse sued the writer over a

_2013-08-28
Published in: Latest Intelligence The country’s sales pitch has gotten a boost from its skilled, multilingual and low-cost labor force, tax incentives and improving telecommunications infrastructure While there are some 80 jurisdictions globally...

_2013-08-28
Published in: Latest Intelligence   By Chris Eaton Director Sport Integrity The International Centre for Sport Security                 If big gaming businesses want the recognition they need for true global acceptance...

_2013-08-21
Published in: Latest Intelligence   Casino development projects frozen in various stages of development could gain new momentum as the communist nation considers a trial program to permit local entry to casinos and moves to launch soccer betting   Signs...

_2013-08-21
Published in: Latest Intelligence Legal betting industry persists despite country’s growing Islamisation   In Pakistan, YouTube is blocked, polio vaccination programs have been interrupted and many cinemas forced to close due to pressure from...

_2013-08-14
Published in: Latest Intelligence   Underground online gambling operations targeting South Koreans have migrated to Thailand and the Philippines under pressure from police at home and in China     "They are everywhere [in Thailand] - Chiang...

_2013-08-14
Published in: Latest Intelligence While Melco International Development Ltd.’s ambitions to operate casinos in the Russian Far East and Spain have been drawing attention, early results from its first casino projects independent of its joint venture...

_2013-08-07
Published in: Latest Intelligence Nepali casino operators are up in arms over the country’s new regulatory regime for their sector which had gone without direct oversight for 45 years. The rules, adopted by the cabinet last month and put into effect...

_2013-08-07
Published in: Latest Intelligence On the surface, Indian horse racing is growing strongly. Annual betting turnover rose 53.2 percent to ₹30.25 billion ($498.5 million) between 2006 and 2011, according to figures provided to the International Federation...