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Nepal Police Suspect Emergence of Illegal Gambling Dens During Covid-19 Pandemic

The HALLO ECHO

  The Nepal Police is suspecting that illegal gambling dens have thrived during the past six months of Covid-19 lockdown and restrictions. Every year, Nepal Police crackdown on hundreds of illegal gambling dens which are operated mostly in private houses across the country. But during the coronavirus pandemic, not many raids have been conducted as…

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Cambodian Cabinet Passes Casino Regulation

The HALLO ECHO

  Cambodia’s cabinet has approved the draft law on commercial gaming management, according to reports in the Phnom Penh Post. The law “focuses on ensuring integrated commercial gambling that contributes to economic growth, tourism promotion, job creation, and revenue generation,” the report said, citing a press release from the Council of Ministers. It calls for…

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Kazakh President Signs Amendments to Law on Gambling Industry

The HALLO ECHO

  Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has signed the law “On Amendments and Additions to Certain Legislative Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Gambling.” Bookmakers will be moved to Kapshagay and Schuchinsk gambling zones. Earlier it was reported that the government of Kazakhstan wanted to create three new game zones in the country, however, deputies…

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Singapore to Establish New Gambling Regulatory Authority in 2021

The HALLO ECHO

Singapore is set to establish a new Gambling Regulatory Authority (GRA) by 2021 to consolidate and optimise all gambling regulatory resources within a single agency. The GRA will see the current Casino Regulatory Authority (CRA), which oversees Singapore’s casinos, and the Gambling Regulatory Unit, which regulates remote gambling services and “fruit machines,” come under one…

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Duterte Hints at More Stringent Online Gaming Regulations

The HALLO ECHO

  Rodrigo Duterte, president of the Philippines, has hinted at more stringent online gaming regulation. He claims that he is planning to impose further regulations on the country’s online gaming industry, but ruled out a ban on the Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs). He added that further tightening of POGO regulations could be a reasonable…

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APE achieves ISO 9001:2015 Certification

The HALLO ECHO

  Asia Pioneer Entertainment Holdings Limited is delighted to announce that Asia Pioneer Entertainment Limited (APE), a Macau Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureaus (DICJ) licensed gaming machine agent, has been awarded ISO 9001:2015 certification of its “Provision of repairing service of electronic gaming machine parts”. The on-site audit completed successfully under the standard ISO 9001:2015…

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