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Canada

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Alberta Is Not Creating an iGaming Market. It Is Trying to Legalize the One It Already Has

Jul 18, 2026

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Alberta Is Not Creating an iGaming Market. It Is Trying to Legalize the One It Already Has

Twenty-two approved sites launched on July 13. The real test is whether regulation can move Alberta’s players away from an entrenched unregulated market.

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Taiwan

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Why Taiwan's Velvix Is Using Manila to Expand Across Asia

Jul 17, 2026

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Why Taiwan's Velvix Is Using Manila to Expand Across Asia

A 16-machine deployment at LaVie Resort & Casino looks small on paper. For a Taiwanese slot maker building an Asian footprint, it is how the land-based business actually gets built.

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Enforcement

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Japan Made Online Casino Promotion a Crime. The First Affiliates Are Being Arrested.

Jul 16, 2026

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Japan Made Online Casino Promotion a Crime. The First Affiliates Are Being Arrested.

The law has been on the books since September 2025. In early 2026 it started to bite — and the first targets are the affiliates, streamers and "guaranteed-win" communities that recruit players.

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Macau

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Macau's 2024 Credit Law Redefined the Junket Business

Jul 16, 2026

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Macau's 2024 Credit Law Redefined the Junket Business

The prison sentences made the headlines. The quieter change — a law on who may lend gaming credit — is what actually stripped the junkets of their power.

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Enforcement

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Three raids, 155 arrests: Hong Kong's World Cup betting crackdown

Jul 14, 2026

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Three raids, 155 arrests: Hong Kong's World Cup betting crackdown

Three enforcement waves in one World Cup — a triad network, a celebrity endorser, and a Telegram distribution layer — show how the illegal market outruns a legal monopoly.

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Land-Based Casinos

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Fertitta to Acquire Caesars for $17.6 Billion in Record U.S. Casino Deal

Jul 13, 2026

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Fertitta to Acquire Caesars for $17.6 Billion in Record U.S. Casino Deal

The largest casino acquisition in American history: 60 casinos, eight Strip properties, and a go-shop window that closed on July 11 with no rival bid.

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Enforcement

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Korea's $3 Billion Fugitive Comes Home

Jul 12, 2026

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Korea's $3 Billion Fugitive Comes Home

Twelve years, four countries, one extradition — and a reminder of what pursuing the illegal market one operator at a time actually costs.

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Enforcement

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Taiwan's $313 Million World Cup Raid Has a Macau Problem

Jul 11, 2026

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Taiwan's $313 Million World Cup Raid Has a Macau Problem

Eight arrests in a rented Tainan guesthouse, nearly NT$10 billion in wagers — and a suspect local media identify as a director of fallen junket giant Tak Chun.

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Land-Based Casinos

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Japan's Second Casino License Is Open. Nobody Has Raised Their Hand.

Jul 10, 2026

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Japan's Second Casino License Is Open. Nobody Has Raised Their Hand.

Fifteen companies told Aichi they were interested in its airport-island resort. When the formal window opened, none stepped forward — and the prefecture just extended its deadlines.

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