Gambling
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Inside smoky shelters, a fast-paced, illegal card game has taken off in Solomon Islands
Growing numbers in the capital Honiara are playing the street card game Pass for a chance of a big payout, whi…
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Private jets, deserted shores and an unbuilt resort: alleged links to sanctioned ‘scam’ empire revealed in Timor-Leste
Exclusive: Investigation finds alleged Prince Group associates were involved in unusual development in tiny na…
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Chinese gaming sector in turmoil as regulators announce new proposals
Measures include spending limits for online games and ban on rewarding players for logging in each dayChina’s …
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Japan approves building of first casino
Casino complex to be built in Osaka after ban was lifted despite fears about gambling addictionJapan has appro…
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Macau shuts all casinos in bid to contain worsening Covid outbreak
More than 30 closed for a week – with extension thought likely – and dozens of city zones locked down in gambl…
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Japanese man blows town’s Covid relief fund after it appeared in his account
Money should have gone to 463 low-income households but man received it all and commenced online casino spreeA…
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US sues casino mogul Steve Wynn to compel him to register as an agent of China
Justice department says Wynn lobbied the Trump administration for China to protect his business interests in M…
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Backlash in Osaka as ‘Dream Island’ leads race to open Japan’s first casino
Concerns raised over development costs for ‘integrated resort’, as well as crime and gambling addictionThe foc…
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Chinese city giving away 10m yuan in lottery trial of digital currency
Shenzhen residents can win one of 50,000 ‘red packets’ to spend in local shopsAuthorities in the Chinese city …