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Natural 8’s Kitty Kuo wins Main Event of APT Taiwan

March 19, 2021

Taiwan, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Online Poker, Poker

The Asian Poker Tour (APT) is back in action with live events, after hosting two online editions via the GGPoker Network. The Asia-Pacific region hosted the APT Taiwan festival in Taipei, with the Chinese Texas...

China’s overseas gambling blacklist appears to be expanding

Sadonna Price

January 27, 2021

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, China, Asian Casino News

Earlier this week, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism in China said in a statement that more destinations will be added to its blacklist system. The destinations to be added were not named at this time. The co...

Players cancel Chinese New Year travel plans to Macau as visitation to the region slows amidst COVID-19 pandemic

Sadonna Price

January 26, 2021

Latest Casino and Gambling News, China, Economy/Finance, Macau

The Chinese New Year is usually a busy time in Macau. Players travel from around the world to take part in the celebration, enjoying dining, entertainment, and of course, gambling. This year though, the celebra...

China showing its commitment to stamping out cross-border gambling

Adam Morgan

January 12, 2021

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Casino News, China, Gaming Industry News, Economy/Finance, The Players Lounge, Crime

Police in China reportedly arrested over 75,000 people last year as they busted up more than 3,500 illicit cross-border gambling cases alongside some 2,260 that had involved forbidden iGaming platforms. Acco...

China getting tough on foreign casino solicitation

Adam Morgan

December 28, 2020

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Casino News, China, Gaming Industry News, Economy/Finance, The Players Lounge, Crime

In China and the standing committee of the National People’s Congress has reportedly approved new legislation that is to bring in tough penalties for anyone found guilty of facilitating overseas gambling. Ac...

TripAdvisor added to Chinese government’s list of banned apps

Adam Morgan

December 9, 2020

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, China, Gaming Industry News, Crime

The TripAdvisor comparison shopping service is reportedly one of some 105 apps to have just been banned by authorities in China owing to their alleged promotion of ‘illegal services and content including gambli...

China looks set to get tough on foreign casino solicitation

Adam Morgan

October 22, 2020

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Casino News, China, Gaming Industry News, Economy/Finance, The Players Lounge, Crime

In China and proposed federal legislation that would make it a crime for individuals or entities to encourage mainland citizens to gamble overseas reportedly includes a provision that could see guilty parties s...

China considering new penalties against foreign casino solicitation

Adam Morgan

October 13, 2020

Casino News, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, China, Gaming Industry News, Economy/Finance, The Players Lounge, Macau, Crime

In China and federal legislators are reportedly considering a number of measures that would bring in stiffer penalties for any firms or individuals found guilty of soliciting citizens into gambling overseas. ...

Chinese lotteries reverse downward sales trend in July

Adam Morgan

September 9, 2020

Latest Casino and Gambling News, China, Gaming Industry News, Economy/Finance, Lottery

The two state-backed lotteries in China reportedly bucked five consecutive months of comparable downturns in July after recording an increase of 10.4% year-on-year in aggregated ticket sales to just over ¥36.14...

PokerStars announces iGaming exit from China, Macau and Taiwan

Adam Morgan

September 1, 2020

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Taiwan, Online gambling regulation, China, Gaming Industry News, Online Poker, Economy/Finance, Poker, The Players Lounge, Asian Casino News, Online Gambling News, Macau

As part of an ongoing effort to improve its compliance standards, giant online casino and sportsbetting operator Flutter Entertainment has reportedly announced the exit of its PokerStars iGaming brand from Chin...

China creates new cross-border gambling tourist destination blacklist system affecting southeast Asian nations

Sadonna Price

August 26, 2020

Latest Casino and Gambling News, China

The Ministry of Culture and Tourism in China has created a blacklist of destinations for overseas tourists that they feel are disrupting the outbound tourism of the nation. Such destinations are opening casinos...

China to begin issuing Macau travel visas from August 26

Adam Morgan

August 11, 2020

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino News, China, Gaming Industry News, Economy/Finance, Macau

Government officials in mainland China have reportedly announced that they are to once again begin allowing residents of Guangdong Province to visit Macau utilizing Individual Visit Scheme (IVS) and group trave...

Chinese police clamp down on illegal gambling operation

Adam Morgan

June 8, 2020

Latest Casino and Gambling News, China, Gaming Industry News, Economy/Finance, Unlicensed Operation, Macau, Online Gambling News, Crime, Financial Fraud

In eastern China and law enforcement officials have reportedly arrested members of a criminal gang over claims they had been responsible for running an illegal syndicate that helped local people to gamble at ca...

China records disappointing 2019 lottery sales figures

Adam Morgan

February 18, 2020

Latest Casino and Gambling News, China, Gaming Industry News, Economy/Finance, Lottery

In China and 2019 reportedly saw aggregated nationwide sales for the country’s only pair of state-run lotteries drop by some 17.5% year-on-year to approximately ¥422.05 billion ($60.26 billion). According to...

APT announces Taiwan stop will continue as planned for March

Sadonna Price

February 18, 2020

Taiwan, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Poker Tournaments, Poker, Asian Casino News

The Asian Poker Tour (APT) confirmed this week that the tour stop planned for March in Taiwan will continue as scheduled. There were plans to rearrange the schedule due to the coronavirus outbreak, but now the ...

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Natural 8’s Kitty Kuo wins Main Event of APT Taiwan

China’s overseas gambling blacklist appears to be expanding

Players cancel Chinese New Year travel plans to Macau as visitation to the region slows amidst COVID-19 pandemic

China showing its commitment to stamping out cross-border gambling

China getting tough on foreign casino solicitation

TripAdvisor added to Chinese government’s list of banned apps

China looks set to get tough on foreign casino solicitation

China considering new penalties against foreign casino solicitation

Chinese lotteries reverse downward sales trend in July

PokerStars announces iGaming exit from China, Macau and Taiwan

China creates new cross-border gambling tourist destination blacklist system affecting southeast Asian nations

China to begin issuing Macau travel visas from August 26

Chinese police clamp down on illegal gambling operation

China records disappointing 2019 lottery sales figures

APT announces Taiwan stop will continue as planned for March

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