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Macau

Jul 16, 2026

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Macau's 2024 Credit Law Redefined the Junket Business

The prison sentences made the headlines. The quieter change — a law on who may lend gaming credit — is what actually stripped the junkets of their power.

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Enforcement

Three raids, 155 arrests: Hong Kong's World Cup betting crackdown

Jul 14, 2026

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2 min read

Three raids, 155 arrests: Hong Kong's World Cup betting crackdown

Three enforcement waves in one World Cup — a triad network, a celebrity endorser, and a Telegram distribution layer — show how the illegal market outruns a legal monopoly.

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Deals

Fertitta to Acquire Caesars for $17.6 Billion in Record U.S. Casino Deal

Jul 13, 2026

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Fertitta to Acquire Caesars for $17.6 Billion in Record U.S. Casino Deal

The largest casino acquisition in American history: 60 casinos, eight Strip properties, and a go-shop window that closed on July 11 with no rival bid.

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Enforcement

Jul 12, 2026

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2 min read

Korea's $3 Billion Fugitive Comes Home

Twelve years, four countries, one extradition — and a reminder of what pursuing the illegal market one operator at a time actually costs.

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Enforcement

Taiwan's $313 Million World Cup Raid Has a Macau Problem

Jul 11, 2026

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2 min read

Taiwan's $313 Million World Cup Raid Has a Macau Problem

Eight arrests in a rented Tainan guesthouse, nearly NT$10 billion in wagers — and a suspect local media identify as a director of fallen junket giant Tak Chun.

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Japan

Jul 10, 2026

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2 min read

Japan's Second Casino License Is Open. Nobody Has Raised Their Hand.

Fifteen companies told Aichi they were interested in its airport-island resort. When the formal window opened, none stepped forward — and the prefecture just extended its deadlines.

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South Korea

Jeju's Casino Boom Runs on the One Thing China Wants to Stop

Jul 9, 2026

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2 min read

Jeju's Casino Boom Runs on the One Thing China Wants to Stop

An hour from Shanghai, a Korean island bets its casino industry on Chinese high rollers — the one flow Beijing is trying to shut down.

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Japan

Pachinko Wants Your Credit Card. Tokyo Says No.

Jul 7, 2026

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3 min read

Pachinko Wants Your Credit Card. Tokyo Says No.

Japan's last all-cash gambling industry is finally trying to modernize — and running straight into the government's own war on gambling addiction. The fix may quietly reopen a door regulators spent years closing.

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Enforcement

Korea's Illegal Gambling Market Is Seven Times the Legal One. So the State Is Paying Snitches

Jul 5, 2026

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2 min read

Korea's Illegal Gambling Market Is Seven Times the Legal One. So the State Is Paying Snitches

An eight-month police operation found 2,319 suspects. The government's next move: turning millions of citizens into paid informants

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Archive

Macau's 2024 Credit Law Redefined the Junket Business

Three raids, 155 arrests: Hong Kong's World Cup betting crackdown

Fertitta to Acquire Caesars for $17.6 Billion in Record U.S. Casino Deal

Korea's $3 Billion Fugitive Comes Home

Taiwan's $313 Million World Cup Raid Has a Macau Problem

Japan's Second Casino License Is Open. Nobody Has Raised Their Hand.

Jeju's Casino Boom Runs on the One Thing China Wants to Stop

Pachinko Wants Your Credit Card. Tokyo Says No.

Korea's Illegal Gambling Market Is Seven Times the Legal One. So the State Is Paying Snitches

East Asia iGaming Report