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Vote on Macau Junket Bill to Take Place This Month

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  Macau’s new junket law is expected to be presented to the Legislative Assembly for its final vote on December 15, after the body debating its conditions signs off on its opinion on December 9. According to reports, the bill will prohibit junkets, agents or management companies from receiving funds for gaming purposes, subject to…

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Cambodia Issues New Guidelines for Gambling Businesses

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  The General Secretariat of the Commercial Gambling Management Commission of Cambodia has issued new guidelines for gambling businesses in Cambodia. The guidelines are aimed at gambling operators and the managers of casino operations to ensure the effective implementation of laws governing commercial gambling and to protect the legitimate rights of operators in the sector.…

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India: High-level Cricket Betting Ring Busted at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur

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  Jaipur police busted a high-level betting ring which was operating from the Sawai Mansingh cricket stadium in Rajasthan’s Jaipur. A total of 37 bookies were taken into custody and 70 mobile phones were seized by officials. The betting was done by watching the live telecast of cricket matches. The bets were regarding the ongoing…

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PAGCOR AND FOUR OTHER AGENCIES INTENSIFY EFFORTS TO ADDRESS ILLEGAL POGO-RELATED CRIMES

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  AMIDST reports of increasing number of kidnapping incidents related to illegal offshore gaming operations in the country, the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) has intensified the collaboration with its partner government and law enforcement agencies. In an inter-agency meeting among PAGCOR, Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), Department of Justice (DOJ), Philippine…

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All Seven Bids for Macao’s Six Gaming Concessions Accepted

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  Macao’s six gaming operators – and the seventh outside bidder – will be on tenterhooks over the next few weeks as the Gaming Concession Public Tender Committee weighs up their competing tenders which were unsealed last Friday. Seven companies submitted bids for the granting of up to six gaming concessions before the public tender’s…

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India: Government Panel Wants Regulator for Online Gaming

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  A new government report calls for a regulatory authority to monitor and classify online gaming websites in India. The report, drafted by a panel of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s top officials, called for intervention and a stricter classification of India’s online gaming sector. Previously, Indian skill-based gaming start-ups and industry associations sought a mechanism…

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