Location: Asia
Indian police make 14 arrests in online betting crackdown
17 April 2025 at 6:53am UTC-4
Police in India have arrested 14 people across three states as part of an investigation into the Mahadev betting platform.
The arrests relate to the use of online portals ...
Goa police make 45 arrests in Indian Premier League gambling crackdown
15 April 2025 at 7:25am UTC-4
Police in the Indian state of Goa have arrested 45 people in the latest crackdown on illegal online gambling during the Indian Premier League season.
The operation, which took ...
PrizePicks extends partnership with Atlanta Braves
14 April 2025 at 7:40am UTC-4
Daily fantasy sports operator PrizePicks has extended its partnership with professional baseball team, the Atlanta Braves, with a three-year deal.
The renewed agreement ...
Philippine Bureau of Immigration deports 84 in POGO crackdown
14 April 2025 at 7:34am UTC-4
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Junior’s stringent measures to crack down on illegal POGOs have resulted in the expulsion of 84 Chinese individuals from the country ...
Goa police stop illegal IPL betting operation through online apps
11 April 2025 at 6:53am UTC-4
Goa police have completed two raids against illegal Indian Premier League online betting organizations.
Officers found 101 mobile phones and 17 laptops used to operate the ...
Karnataka becomes latest Indian state to address online gambling
10 April 2025 at 7:09am UTC-4
The goverment of the Indian state of Karnataka is mulling a new law to regulate online gambling in a bid to crack down on games of chance and, at the same time, allow for skill ...
BetBlocker adds Japanese language version
10 April 2025 at 5:55am UTC-4
BetBlocker, a free-to-use self-exclusion app, has expanded its software by providing a Japanese language variant.
BetBlocker launched in 2017 to enable anonymous self ...
Philippine lawmaker pushes for Anti-POGO Act; regional cooperation in battling illegal online gaming
9 April 2025 at 6:31am UTC-4
Philippine Senate Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros has resumed her stance on passing the Anti-POGO Act which seeks to strengthen the existing full ban on POGOs which came ...
Indian government plans to strengthen AML reporting rules for gambling firms
8 April 2025 at 6:51am UTC-4
The Indian government is planning to make online gambling companies a target of the 2002 Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
According to the Indian Express, the Ministry of ...
Hong Kong think tank suggests basketball gambling revenue should fund sports development
7 April 2025 at 7:29am UTC-4
Hong Kong’s most prominent think tank, Our Hong Kong Foundation, has proposed that revenue from legalized basketball betting should be used to fund sports development in the ...
