07/22/21 Casinos in Singapore to operate at revised capacities Authorities in Singapore have tightened Covid-19 countermeasures again.
07/17/21 Macau: gaming staff activist withdraws from legislative election Cloee Chao Sao Fong, a casino labour activist, has been disqualified along with 20 other candidates for not pledging allegiance to the Macau Special Administrative Region.
07/17/21 Yokohama: pro-IR mayor to run for fourth term Pro-IR Yokohama mayor Fumiko Hayashi has confirmed she intends to run for a fourth term in office at elections in August.
07/15/21 China: 74 arrested in Chengdu for cross-border online gambling Some 74 suspects have been arrested for alleged cross border gambling operations in southwest China’s Chengdu City.
07/08/21 Pro-IR Yokohama mayor Fumiko Hayashi may seek reelection According to local media reports, pro-IR Yokohama mayor Fumiko Hayashi may run for a fourth term in office at elections in August.
07/07/21 Yokohama: new anti-IR candidate emerges Yasuo Tanaka, former governor of Nagano prefecture has announced that he wants to run in the Yokohama mayoral election in August.
07/03/21 Yokohama’s ruling party debates whether to support anti-IR candidate The ruling Liberal Democratic Party has an anti-IR faction who supports Hachiro Okonogi as the party’s candidate, but many politicians are against the proposal.
06/30/21 Macau: gaming staff activist to stand at legislative election Cloee Chao Sao Fong, a casino labour activist, will be the lead candidate for the New Macao Gaming List in September’s election for the Legislative Assembly.
06/30/21 Could Tokyo replace Yokohama in Japan’s IR project? With almost all of Yokohama’s mayoral candidates against an IR development, analysts are starting to wonder whether Tokyo could step into the contest to host an IR.
06/28/21 Yokohama IR bid in doubt as mayoral candidates reject casinos Hachiro Okonogi, the candidate for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party has confirmed he will bring a halt to Yokohama’s IR bid if he’s elected.
06/22/21 Yokohama: unexpected anti-IR mayoral candidate could emerge The Liberal Democratic Party could support an anti-IR mayoral candidate instead of the current mayor Fumiko Hayashi.
06/19/21 Japan plans to link ID card with access to casino resorts Japan wants to tie its “My Number” ID card system to casino resorts to verify the identity of local players.
06/18/21 Macau may double its number of gaming inspectors Authorities are planning to restructure the Macau Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau, adding more gaming inspectors and an extra director.
06/18/21 India: Uttar Pradesh analyzing tough penalties for online gambling The state of Uttar Pradesh is considering introducing penalties for online gambling and increasing those for gambling in public places.
