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Casino Management Companies No Longer Allowed to Extend Credit Under New Amendment to Macau Gaming Laws

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  The Macau Executive Council has announced new amendments to the legal regime for the gaming industry which would prohibit management companies from extending credit to players. The Secretary for Administration and Justice, Cheong Weng Chon, and Director of the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ), Adriano Marques Ho, announced the new law at the…

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Japanese Government Approves Osaka Plan

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  The Japanese government has approved the nation’s first integrated resort plan, equipped with a casino – to be located in Osaka. An expert panel selected to evaluate the proposal from Osaka City and the prefectural governments found the application to have met all requirements. The Osaka IR is set to be developed by a…

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BMM Testlabs Singapore Announces Promotion of Vineet Malhotra to Vice President of Technical Services and Compliance, Asia

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  BMM Testlabs, the world’s original gaming test lab and product certification consultancy, is pleased to announce the promotion of Vineet Malhotra to Vice President of Technical Services and Compliance, Asia. Malhotra will report to the Senior Vice President of Operations for the APAC region. Kirk White, Executive Vice President and General Manager, APACAF, commented,:I…

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AIGF to Contest Tamil Nadu Online Gaming Ban

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  The All India Gaming Federation (AIGF) has declared its intention to challenge the recently approved bill to ban online gaming in Tamil Nadu, India. AIGF CEO Roland Landers says the organisation will contest the legality of the legislation, arguing that “it conflated games of skill with games of chance.” Landers said that the bill’s…

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TN Governor Ravi Grants Assent to Bill Banning Online Gambling

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  Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi on Monday, April 10, 2023, granted his assent to the re-adopted Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Online Gambling and Regulation of Online Games Bill, 2022 (L.A. Bill No. 53 of 2022). Chief Minister M.K. Stalin said the assent was a “good consequence” of the resolution on the Governor adopted by…

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Singapore Gambling Regulatory Authority to Crack Down on Use of Crypto Assets

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  Singapore’s new gambling regulator, the Gambling Regulatory Authority (GRA), announced it has no plans to legalise the use of cryptocurrency within its land-based gaming industry as it continues to explore the use of crypto across video game and social gaming platforms. In what appears to be a continuation of Singapore’s general opposition to the…

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