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Macau Junket Operators Playing Chinese Checkers With Beijing
Macau junket operators are being targeted by Chinese officials who are trying to slow the Special Administrative Region's rampant "gambling on credit" schemes offered by casinos and VIP touring companies. Worried over...
Tabcorp and Tatts Merger to Create Aussie Betting Super Power
Tabcorp and Tatts, Australia’s two biggest homegrown betting companies, have announced their intention to merge. The $11.3 billion ($8.7 billion U.S.) combination will create an Aussie gambling giant, with revenues in excess...
China Warned Crown Resorts Not To “Whale Hunt,” James Packer “Deeply Concerned”
China warned Crown Resorts and other casino companies last year that "whale hunting," the practice of gambling firms marketing to wealthy individuals, would result in legal recourse from the People's Republic. Late...
Crown Resorts Employees Detained in China on Vague Illegal Gambling Charges
Eighteen Crown Resorts employees won't be reporting to work this morning after they were detained in China on vague and unspecified illegal gambling charges late last week. Among those detained is Jason...
New South Wales U-turns on Greyhound Racing Ban
The Australian state of New South Wales has dramatically reversed a ban on greyhound racing, as the state Premier Mike Baird claimed this week that he’d “got it wrong” and that the...
Macau Casino Resorts Take the Pot During Golden Week
Macau casino resorts saw eight percent more visitors in the special administrative Chinese city during this year's Golden Week holiday than in 2015. Officially called the National Day of the People's Republic...
Macau Gaming Revenue Benefits From New Resorts’ Fanfare
Macau gaming revenue in September totaled 18.4 billion patacas ($2.3 billion), a better-than-expected 7.4 percent rise. Following two years of monthly declines, September marks Macau's second straight year-over-year month in the black....
Parisian Macau Casino Resort Opens Tonight
Sheldon Adelson’s lavish $2.7 billion casino resort on Macau’s Cotai Strip, the Parisian Macau, opens tonight, complete with 3,000 rooms, hundreds of shops, a theater, a water park and an obligatory half-sized...
US Open Match-Fixing Scandal Once Again Plagues Tennis
The US Open match-fixing scandal in New York has once again put the sport front and center in the media, with critics calling the sport's integrity into question. On August 30, 15th-ranked...
UK Gambling Commission Comes Out Fighting for In-Play Betting
The UK Gambling Commission published a paper this week outlining its support?of in-play betting.?The paper concluded that no regulatory adjustments were necessary, noting that the controls of the current framework were sufficient.?...