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Land-Based Casinos

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Hoiana’s locals-gaming bid tests Vietnam’s selective casino policy

Sep 26, 2026

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Hoiana’s locals-gaming bid tests Vietnam’s selective casino policy

The resort’s request comes as Vietnam expands domestic casino access through a small number of tightly controlled projects rather than broad market liberalisation.

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South Korea

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South Korea is quietly redefining casino investment as tourism infrastructure

Sep 25, 2026

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South Korea is quietly redefining casino investment as tourism infrastructure

Casino operators have used Korea’s tourism fund for operating expenses for decades. Allowing the same fund to finance construction and expansion changes something more fundamental: how the state categorises casino investment.

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Land-Based Casinos

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Singapore is digitising the casino without taking it online

Sep 23, 2026

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Singapore is digitising the casino without taking it online

Singapore's latest casino reforms are notable less for any single regulatory change than for the boundary they are beginning to define.

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Inside the Family Ownership Structure Behind Melco Resorts

Sep 22, 2026

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Inside the Family Ownership Structure Behind Melco Resorts

Lawrence Ho’s latest share transfer reveals how control of the Macao casino group increasingly sits across listed companies, corporate vehicles and family trusts.

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Japan

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Japan’s Pachinko Market Is Shrinking. Its Biggest Operators Are Getting Stronger.

Sep 20, 2026

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Japan’s Pachinko Market Is Shrinking. Its Biggest Operators Are Getting Stronger.

Smart pachislot is reviving spending — while the cost of competing is pushing the industry toward fewer, larger operators.

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South Korea

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South Korea’s Polymarket Case Could Define Prediction Markets in Asia

Sep 19, 2026

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South Korea’s Polymarket Case Could Define Prediction Markets in Asia

Eighteen users have been referred to prosecutors, but the larger question is whether event contracts are bets, financial instruments or a product regulators have yet to define.

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Japan

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MIXI’s Betting Expansion Tests Its Diversification Strategy

Sep 18, 2026

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MIXI’s Betting Expansion Tests Its Diversification Strategy

PointsBet has helped reshape the Japanese group’s revenue. Its earnings remain heavily dependent on digital entertainment, despite growth in domestic wagering.

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South Korea

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Under LINE Yahoo Control, Kakao Games Makes Its First Social Casino Bet

Sep 17, 2026

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Under LINE Yahoo Control, Kakao Games Makes Its First Social Casino Bet

The KRW98 billion acquisition of ME2ON gives the loss-making Korean publisher something its release pipeline has yet to provide: international revenue and immediate profitability.

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Chinese Workers for Sale: Debt, Forced Transfers and Rescue Ransoms in Southeast Asia

Sep 16, 2026

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Chinese Workers for Sale: Debt, Forced Transfers and Rescue Ransoms in Southeast Asia

Inside Chinese-language rescue groups, worker complaint networks and illegal casino communities, East Asia Reports found repeated accounts of workers entering compounds in debt, being transferred between companies and facing five-figure prices simply to get out.

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Taiwan’s World Cup betting moved online

Sep 15, 2026

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Taiwan’s World Cup betting moved online

Online wagers overtook retail sales during the tournament, while Taiwan Sports Lottery’s digital membership reached 680,000.

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Japan

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Universal plans an overseas slot comeback through Nevada

Sep 14, 2026

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Universal plans an overseas slot comeback through Nevada

The Japanese group would provide up to US$25 million to UDN Gaming as it seeks growth beyond pachinko and Okada Manila.

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South Korea

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South Korea Opens a $130m Racecourse Where the Horses Commute

Sep 13, 2026

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South Korea Opens a $130m Racecourse Where the Horses Commute

Let’s Run Park Yeongcheon opens today with two tracks, new stables and a 5,000-seat grandstand. What South Korea’s newest racecourse does not have is its own resident population of racehorses.

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Horse Racing

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HKJC Is Building a Global Betting Network Around Horse Racing

Sep 11, 2026

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HKJC Is Building a Global Betting Network Around Horse Racing

Almost one quarter of the money wagered on Hong Kong races now comes from outside the city

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South Korea

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KRA Tests Whether Racing Can Work Without a Racecourse Audience

Sep 10, 2026

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KRA Tests Whether Racing Can Work Without a Racecourse Audience

South Korea’s racing operator begins an unusually clean test of its digital betting business today: hold the races, close the venue to customers and see whether the online audience turns up.

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Japan

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Why New Pachislot Machines Are Struggling to Reach Japan’s Halls

Sep 8, 2026

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Why New Pachislot Machines Are Struggling to Reach Japan’s Halls

Before a new pachislot machine reaches a Japanese gaming hall, its manufacturer must prove that the cabinet, software and payout behaviour comply with one of the industry’s strictest technical regimes.

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Sports Betting

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HKJC Redirects New Betting Platform to Football After Basketball Licence Pause

Sep 7, 2026

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HKJC Redirects New Betting Platform to Football After Basketball Licence Pause

Hong Kong approved the legal framework for basketball betting, but stopped short of issuing the licence. A technology platform prepared for the launch will now be repurposed for HKJC’s largest betting vertical.

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China

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China’s Genlot Powers South Africa’s New National Lottery

Sep 6, 2026

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China’s Genlot Powers South Africa’s New National Lottery

The Shenzhen lottery supplier has delivered the central technology platform for Sizekhaya’s eight-year national licence.

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Macau

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Macau Already Hit Its 60% Non-Gaming Target. Then the Casinos Came Back

Sep 5, 2026

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Macau Already Hit Its 60% Non-Gaming Target. Then the Casinos Came Back

Non-gaming industries represented 61.7% of Macao’s economy in 2023. One year later, their share had fallen to 56.7%—exposing the weakness in the city’s preferred measure of diversification.

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Taiwan

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Ennoconn, Gold Rain and the Partnership That Became the Business

Sep 4, 2026

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Ennoconn, Gold Rain and the Partnership That Became the Business

Ennoconn began as a strategic investor. Then came management, manufacturing systems and gaming orders. Four years later, it represented almost 60% of Gold Rain’s sales — and separating the two companies has become anything but simple.

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Enforcement

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256 Korean PC Bangs Were Selling Access to Cambodian Gambling Sites

Sep 3, 2026

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256 Korean PC Bangs Were Selling Access to Cambodian Gambling Sites

The KRW 340 billion ($245 million) network shows why offshore gambling still depends on physical distribution at home.

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Japan

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JRA Is Expanding Beyond WINS — Without Building Its Own Betting Shops

Sep 2, 2026

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JRA Is Expanding Beyond WINS — Without Building Its Own Betting Shops

As traditional off-track sales decline, Japan’s racing giant is extending its reach through venues shared with regional racing, keirin and autoracing.

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Enforcement

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The Casino Hunting Illegal Casinos

Sep 1, 2026

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The Casino Hunting Illegal Casinos

South Korea’s only casino open to its citizens is using KAIST technology to track illegal gambling sites. The strange part is that this is becoming a normal responsibility for the country’s legal operators.

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China

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How Deep Is HKJC’s Footprint in Mainland China?

Aug 31, 2026

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How Deep Is HKJC’s Footprint in Mainland China?

The Hong Kong Jockey Club is best known for Sha Tin and Happy Valley. But over the past two decades it has quietly built a much broader presence across Mainland China — spanning racing, private membership, tourism and even a long-running Sports Lottery technology venture.

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Enforcement

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How a Taiwan Online Gambling Operation Split Betting From the Money

Aug 30, 2026

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How a Taiwan Online Gambling Operation Split Betting From the Money

Police say the group decentralised its gambling operations as enforcement pressure increased. Following the money then exposed a separate financial network that processed more than TWD3.76 billion in a year.

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China

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The State-Linked Company Behind China’s Sports Lottery Software

Aug 29, 2026

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The State-Linked Company Behind China’s Sports Lottery Software

Provincial lottery centres can buy hardware locally, but the software, integration and data layer remains concentrated around one state-linked provider.

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