Mainland Chinese police have teamed up with their counterparts in the country's two special administrative regions for an all-out campaign against online sports betting during the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
Read More . . .The Jamaican government is hoping to regulate online gambling within the next 12 months and reap the revenue rewards that are currently going elsewhere.
Read More . . .Hopes that Japan would pass its casino study bill this year took a hit this week after the legislation failed to clear a crucial legislative hurdle. On Wednesday, a representative on a key committee of Japan's lower house told the Wall Street Journal the casino bill wouldn't be on the committee's agenda during its next session this Friday.
Read More . . .Early last week, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced that the Justice Department had indicted five officers of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
Read More . . .Canadian mobile agency Plastic Mobile has been selected to serve as the 'vendor of record' on the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation's (OLG) mobile roster.
Read More . . .The Caribbean Community has once again appealed to the United States to honor the first ruling issued by the World Trade Organization in favor of Antigua and Barbuda in relation to US legislation on online gambling.
Read More . . .China's authorized online sports lottery operators got a break this week on news that the country's gambling watchdogs plan to issue official online lottery licenses ahead of the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
Read More . . .A European Commission-funded study into sports organisers' rights in the European Union has concluded that there is no legal basis or rationale for an EU-wide right to consent to bets.
Read More . . .Hopes are fading that Japan will pass legislation authorizing development of resort casinos before parliament's current legislative session expires. Lawmakers had been expected to pass a so-called 'study bill' that would create the legal framework for casinos before Japan's Diet breaks for the summer on June 22.
Read More . . .The Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Bill has finally passed through the torturous trek of treacle that is the UK legislatorial thoroughfare after being granted Royal Assent by the British monarchy.
Read More . . .The Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Bill is to enter into UK law after it was granted Royal Assent by the British monarchy.
Read More . . .In the Federal Budget presented by the late Jim Flaherty in February, there was a short but important item on strengthening Canada's anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing regimes.
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