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• Taiwan to Gamble on New Casino Zones

  by qawsedrf qawsedrf January 17, 2022
  The Chinese have the quaintest names for things; what we call “commercial areas,” they call “free economic pilot zones.”  It’s almost like the old regimes are still around, whispering in someone’s ear; it all sounds so very formal in tone. But there’s n...

• Health Bureau Smoking Mad Over Noncompliance with Macau Smoking

  by qawsedrf qawsedrf January 17, 2022
  Macau’s revenue numbers for 2013 have lit up, but now the Special Administrative District’s Health Bureau has smoke coming out of their ears: it turns out that 64% of the area’s casinos may not be in compliance with a no smoking edict that was supposed to go into effect as of the f...

• Alleged Russian Mafia Kingpin Indicted by DoJ for New York Ille

  by qawsedrf qawsedrf January 17, 2022
  What do you do for an encore after you’ve been indicted for bribing Olympic figure skating judges? Naturally, you get indicted for running illegal poker and sports betting operations. Think of it as a kind of Russian Mafia entrepreneurial spirit, always looking for the next big thing in illega...

• Former Full Tilt CEO Ordered to Forfeit Millions

  by qawsedrf qawsedrf January 17, 2022
  Former Full Tilt Poker boss Ray Bitar has pled guilty two years after the Black Friday indictments were filed against the online operator, as well as against PokerStars and Absolute Poker. As a result, Bitar has been sentenced to time served. As such, Bitar will serve no further jail time owing to ...

• SPIELO G2 Chosen for Ontario Real-Money Site

  by qawsedrf qawsedrf January 17, 2022
  SPIELO G2’s Boss Media AB has been chosen by the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation to power its PlayOLG.ca site as it makes the move from an information-only site to a real money online gambling site this year.  The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation plans to make the move to th...