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South Korea

Jeju's Casino Boom Runs on the One Thing China Wants to Stop

Jul 9, 2026

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Jeju's Casino Boom Runs on the One Thing China Wants to Stop

An hour from Shanghai, a Korean island bets its casino industry on Chinese high rollers — the one flow Beijing is trying to shut down.

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Japan

Pachinko Wants Your Credit Card. Tokyo Says No.

Jul 7, 2026

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Pachinko Wants Your Credit Card. Tokyo Says No.

Japan's last all-cash gambling industry is finally trying to modernize — and running straight into the government's own war on gambling addiction. The fix may quietly reopen a door regulators spent years closing.

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Enforcement

Korea's Illegal Gambling Market Is Seven Times the Legal One. So the State Is Paying Snitches

Jul 5, 2026

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Korea's Illegal Gambling Market Is Seven Times the Legal One. So the State Is Paying Snitches

An eight-month police operation found 2,319 suspects. The government's next move: turning millions of citizens into paid informants

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Enforcement

Your "Anonymous" Crypto Wallet Has a Name

Jul 2, 2026

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4 min read

Your "Anonymous" Crypto Wallet Has a Name

The West is institutionalizing prediction markets. East Asia is prosecuting their users — and Taiwan just proved the blockchain remembers everyone.

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Global

Mongolia Didn't Ban Gambling on Principle. It Banned It to Stop the Bleeding.

Jun 30, 2026

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Mongolia Didn't Ban Gambling on Principle. It Banned It to Stop the Bleeding.

One year ago this week, a country looked at its own balance of payments and decided it could no longer afford online betting.

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Global

Asia Isn't Buying Into Europe's Gaming Market. It's Buying Europe's Gaming Market.

Jun 28, 2026

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Asia Isn't Buying Into Europe's Gaming Market. It's Buying Europe's Gaming Market.

Six deals, three countries, one direction: East Asian gaming money is flowing West.

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Archive

Jeju's Casino Boom Runs on the One Thing China Wants to Stop

Pachinko Wants Your Credit Card. Tokyo Says No.

Korea's Illegal Gambling Market Is Seven Times the Legal One. So the State Is Paying Snitches

Your "Anonymous" Crypto Wallet Has a Name

Mongolia Didn't Ban Gambling on Principle. It Banned It to Stop the Bleeding.

Asia Isn't Buying Into Europe's Gaming Market. It's Buying Europe's Gaming Market.

East Asia iGaming Report