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Illegal Gambling

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256 Korean PC Bangs Were Selling Access to Cambodian Gambling Sites

Sep 3, 2026

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256 Korean PC Bangs Were Selling Access to Cambodian Gambling Sites

The KRW 340 billion ($245 million) network shows why offshore gambling still depends on physical distribution at home.

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How a Taiwan Online Gambling Operation Split Betting From the Money

Aug 30, 2026

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How a Taiwan Online Gambling Operation Split Betting From the Money

Police say the group decentralised its gambling operations as enforcement pressure increased. Following the money then exposed a separate financial network that processed more than TWD3.76 billion in a year.

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China Took US$11.6 Billion in World Cup Bets — While Hunting the Illegal Market

Jul 30, 2026

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China Took US$11.6 Billion in World Cup Bets — While Hunting the Illegal Market

The state lottery captured extraordinary demand during the tournament, but the police operations unfolding alongside it exposed the limits of China’s tightly controlled betting system.

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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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