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  A Chinese court has seized the bank accounts of Boyaa Interactive in the wake of its Chairman and CEO being sentenced to prison last September. Zhang Wei was handed a 12-month jail term last year and resigned from Boyaa after the Municipal of Intermediate People’s Court found one of the company’s indirect subsidiaries, Boyaa…

  Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has ordered the authorities to end all kinds of online gambling in the country by the end of this year in a bid to safeguard the security and public order. According to the statement released by Council of Minister, “All kinds of online and arcade gambling in the Kingdom…

  The Malaysian government is going to amend the existing gambling laws in the country. News about the gambling law amendment emerges shortly after the police announced more than 14,700 individuals have been detained and more than MYR3.8 million was seized in raids against illegal gambling since the beginning of the year. Home Minister, Muhyiddin…

  Japanese government has delayed the establishment of Casino Management Board and issuance of the more specific IR bidding regulations in Japan. It is widely assumed that having public attention focused on the IR issue will negatively impact the electoral prospects of the ruling conservatives. The ruling party now looks inclined not to take up…

  Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has softened his stance on gambling expansion. “That gambling-gambling, I will not meddle with it anymore, just do not enter. I cannot control it, really… I will let you in, but not extortion or drugs,” Rodrigo Duterte said while attending a campaign. “I am not trying to encourage you… I…