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South Korea Asked Teenage Gamblers to Turn Themselves In. 806 Did.

Jul 24, 2026

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South Korea Asked Teenage Gamblers to Turn Themselves In. 806 Did.

An unusual police amnesty is exposing school debt, stolen family money and illegal lending behind 청소년 사이버도박 — youth cyber gambling.

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Indonesia Has Blocked 3.7 Million Gambling Pages. Now It Is Going After the Money

Jul 22, 2026

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Indonesia Has Blocked 3.7 Million Gambling Pages. Now It Is Going After the Money

Indonesia Has Blocked 3.7 Million Gambling Pages. Now It Is Going After the Money. The scale of that effort is enormous.

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

Jul 14, 2026

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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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Korea's $3 Billion Fugitive Comes Home

Jul 12, 2026

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

Jul 11, 2026

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

Jul 5, 2026

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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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Your "Anonymous" Crypto Wallet Has a Name

Jul 2, 2026

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Your "Anonymous" Crypto Wallet Has a Name

The West is institutionalizing prediction markets. East Asia is prosecuting their users — and Taiwan just proved the blockchain remembers everyone.

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