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Enforcement
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Jul 11, 2026
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2 min read
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.
Land-Based Casinos
+3
Jul 10, 2026
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.
Jul 9, 2026
An hour from Shanghai, a Korean island bets its casino industry on Chinese high rollers — the one flow Beijing is trying to shut down.
Jul 7, 2026
3 min read
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.
+2
Jul 5, 2026
An eight-month police operation found 2,319 suspects. The government's next move: turning millions of citizens into paid informants
Jul 2, 2026
4 min read
The West is institutionalizing prediction markets. East Asia is prosecuting their users — and Taiwan just proved the blockchain remembers everyone.
Global
Jun 30, 2026
One year ago this week, a country looked at its own balance of payments and decided it could no longer afford online betting.
Jun 28, 2026
Six deals, three countries, one direction: East Asian gaming money is flowing West.
