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Lady Luck Card Room owner agrees California plea deal

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The Attorney General for the American state of California, Rob Bonta (pictured), has announced the signing of a settlement agreement regarding allegations that the owner of the now-shuttered Lucky Lady Card Roo...

MegaSportsWorld receives PAGCor approval to launch online sportsbetting

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The gaming regulator for the Philippines has reportedly granted local retail sportsbook operator MegaSportsWorld permission to begin offering its services to domestic punters online. According to a report fr...

China records significant increase in prosecutions of gambling-related crimes

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In China and the Supreme People’s Procuratorate has reportedly announced that it prosecuted 46,575 people over the course of the first six months of 2021 for gambling-related crimes. According to a report fr...

Anti-money laundering watchdog adds the Philippines to its ‘grey list’

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The international body that examines and grades countries’ efforts at helping to prevent money laundering has reportedly placed the Philippines on its ‘grey list’ and recommended that the jurisdiction up its ef...

Singapore experiencing a steep rise in online gambling fraud

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In Singapore and the last few years have reportedly seen unsuspecting victims lose in excess of $11.6 billion at the hands of scammers running ‘fake’ online gambling platforms. According to a report from GGR...

Taiwanese law enforcement officials break up illicit betting operation

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Law enforcement officials in Taiwan have reportedly shut down an illegal gambling operation that is believed to have allowed local gamblers to transfer well over $462.7 million between the island nation and Chi...

Malta Gaming Authority constitutes new Sports Integrity Unit

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The gambling regulator for Malta has announced the establishment of a special entity that is to be tasked with gathering information and intelligence on suspicious betting patterns in order to help in the fight...

China to intensify crackdown on illegal online gambling activities

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Chinese law enforcement authorities are reportedly set to step up efforts at combating illegal cross-border online gambling as well as the underground banks and payment platforms that allow aficionados in the g...