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_2014-03-27
New Zealand gamblers spent a record $2.1 billion dollars (US$1.8 billion) in the 2012/2013 fiscal year, a 0.3 percent gain from the prior period, acc

_2014-03-27
AGTech Holdings Ltd. said its 2013 revenue and profit fell as its focused on transitioning from its lower-growth Lottery Management business to Gamin

_2014-03-27
Success Universe has reached an accord with the Shanghai Welfare Lottery Centre to jointly launch telephone sales of welfare lottery tickets in Shang

_2014-03-27
A study from the University of Hong Kong has found that about 20 percent of some 3,685 addicts who sought help at the Caritas Addicted Gamblers Couns

_2014-03-27
Genting Hong Kong said the Singapore Stock Exchange has approved its application for a secondary listing of its shares. The company will maintain its

_2014-03-27
Macau’s Legislative Assembly is expected to debate a implementing a full smoking ban in casinos next month, according to reports. Assembly member E

_2014-03-27
REXLot Holdings Ltd. full-year 2013 profit attributable to shareholders rose to HK$869.0 million ($112 million) from HK$821.3 million last year. On a

_2014-03-27
Paradise Entertainment said 2013 revenue rose 41.4 percent to HK$1.03 billion boosted by casino services. Revenue generated from Casino Kam Pek Parad

_2014-03-27
Universal Entertainment, run by billionaire Kazuo Okada, has terminated an accord for Century Properties Group to invest in a $2 billion casino proje

_2014-03-27
NagaWorld will offer clients sports betting through a tie up with Kambi Sports Solutions. The sports-betting service is scheduled to go live in April

_2014-03-27
Takeshi Iwaya, a Diet member who is one of the main proponents of the bill to legalise integrated resorts in Japan, is optimistic the promotion bill

_2014-03-27
Nomura is pessimistic the current Diet session will find the time to push through the IR bill by the end of the current session, giving it only a 50/

_2014-03-27
Russia has reportedly expanded its list of banned gambling websites and has blocked dozens of sites including well-known names such as PokerStars, La

_2014-03-27
The Nepalese government has given the country’s casinos an extension until April 4th to comply with rules that they obtain new operating licenses,

_2014-03-27
Sportsbet is seeking to prevent online betting company BetEasy from employing former Sportsbet staff member, Kelli Carpanini, according to local medi

_2014-03-27
Donaco International says it has binding commitments from investors for a placement of 56.39 million common shares to raise about $75 million ($69.2

_2014-03-27
The New South Wales government says a betting agency breaching new legislation to combat match-fixing will receive a fine of up to $11,000 ($10,153),

_2014-03-27
A bill legalizing casinos on all three main islands of the Northern Mariana islands was passed into law by Governor Eloy S. Inos, according to local

_2014-03-27
Published in: Latest Intelligence Myanmar lottery chief Thein Naing sits in an office that could be the set of a colonial era novel – veneered walls trapping Yangon's musty, late-afternoon summer air - a furnace cooled by a whirring ceiling fan. Outside...

_2014-03-27
Published in: Latest Intelligence Shares in Australia-listed Donaco International (DNA.AX) retreated last week after the company announced plans to raise funds through a share placing, though analysts remain bullish about the casino company’s prospects. The...

_2014-03-20
South Korea’s casino stocks put in a strong performance this week after the country’s Ministry of Culture Sports and Tourism granted initial approval for another large-scale integrated resort, the second in a matter of weeks.

_2014-03-20
Published in: Latest Intelligence The Lao Government is seeking a slice of the country’s sports betting pie, setting up a new online football lottery ahead of the upcoming FIFA World Cup in Brazil, though industry sources question how successful it...

_2014-03-13
Published in: Latest Intelligence The Winter Olympics in Sochi highlighted the popularity of sports betting in Russia, throwing the spotlight on the need for online gaming regulations to improve consumer services and help reduce fraud.   “The...

_2014-03-13
Published in: Latest Intelligence Shares in Paradise Entertainment (1180.HK), one of three licensed casino-service firms in Macau, rose 10 percent to reach a fresh 52-week high this week amid optimism over U.S. growth. The gain provided a rare positive...

_2014-03-06
China’s lottery market is booming, gaining 18.3% to 309 billion RMB ($50.6 billion) in 2013, though it has barely scratched the surface of its massive potential, according to participants at the iGaming Asia Congress 2014.

_2014-03-06
Published in: Latest Intelligence by Bernard Marantelli *   Asia’s sports betting market is booming, boosted by increasing internet penetration and the proliferation of mobile devices, but the key challenge for Asian facing operators will be how...

_2014-03-06
Published in: Latest Intelligence Shares in Donaco International (DNA.AX) have gained 10.8 percent to hit a fresh 52-week high this week on optimism over the company’s planned new five-star hotel & casino in northern Vietnam.   Stock in Australia-listed...