07/14/21 POGOs eye return to the Philippines Following an exodus due to the Covid-19 pandemic, it seems POGOs are returning to the Philippines and are in need of space.
07/13/21 Indian gaming to double revenues by 2025 PwC predicts video games and esports revenue will reach INR 24,212 crore in 2025.
07/13/21 Thailand: 18 arrested over online gambling Police in Thailand have arrested 18 people for alleged involvement in an online gambling syndicate that offered betting on football.
07/13/21 Nepal: increase in illegal gambling Police in Nepal have made several arrests related to illegal sports betting and online gambling.
07/09/21 Japan: Akimoto could face five-year prison sentence Tsukasa Akimoto, who is accused of attempting to bribe two people involved with the Chinese online gaming company 500.com, could face a five-year prison term.
07/09/21 Singapore: 13 suspected of illegal horse-betting activities Police in Woodlands, Singapore, are investigating 13 people suspected of being involved in illegal horseracing betting activities.
07/08/21 Study finds Australians don’t use gambling harm reduction tools A study has found that Australians do not use gambling harm-reduction tools if they are not required to do so.
07/08/21 India: horseracing to go online During the last week of July, the Hyderabad Race Club (HRC) will stream India’s off-season horseracing online.
07/05/21 Australia: NSW to test digital gaming wallets in Q4 The New South Wales government will start testing digital gaming wallets at clubs during the last quarter of 2021.
07/03/21 New Zealand: criticism of plan to make pubs’ pokies turnover public The Gaming Machine Association of New Zealand (GMANZ) argues that pub-by-pub statistics on pokie machine turnover would be “a virtual shopping list for armed robbers.”
07/01/21 New Zealand district aims to reduce number of slot machines Mackenzie Council has approved a proposal to reduce the number of slot machines in the district.
06/28/21 India: 3 arrested for online gambling and cash fraud Officers have arrested three people for alleged involvement in online gambling and cash fraud in Karimpur, Nadia.
06/24/21 Chinese authorities clamp down on cross-border crimes in northern Myanmar Police urged Chinese nationals in northern Myanmar to register their identities to crack down on cross-border crimes.
06/24/21 Australia: ACMA to develop gambling self-exclusion register The Australian authority ACMA will develop a National Self-Exclusion Register to let people self-exclude from all licensed interactive gaming providers in a single process.
