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Sports Betting
+3
Sep 7, 2026
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3 min read
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.
China
Aug 29, 2026
4 min read
Provincial lottery centres can buy hardware locally, but the software, integration and data layer remains concentrated around one state-linked provider.
Aug 13, 2026
2 min read
Official figures show June lottery sales reached RMB 75.98 billion (about US$10.6 billion), with sports lottery sales rising 62.9% while welfare lottery sales fell 7.6%.
Aug 6, 2026
The legislation remains in force, but the government has suspended plans to license the Hong Kong Jockey Club after linking prediction markets to a new wave of illegal gambling.
Enforcement
+4
Jul 30, 2026
The state lottery captured extraordinary demand during the tournament, but the police operations unfolding alongside it exposed the limits of China’s tightly controlled betting system.
Jul 14, 2026
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.
