Location: Asia

The number of jobless Filipinos rose to 1.95 million in June from 1.62 million last year, driven by layoffs in the gambling industry. Coupled with a rise in unpaid work, the ...

Singapore's Gambling Regulatory Authority is seeking public feedback on changes to the Gambling Control (Remote Games of Chance - Class License) Order 2022, which regulates lower ...

The Philippines’ Bureau of Internal Revenue has warned that banning online gambling could severely impact the country’s ability to meet its PHP3.2 trillion revenue target for ...

The office of the Philippines President has called for a data-driven study of online gambling in the country before any significant policy changes. The announcement follows ...

Bishop Pablo Virgilio David, President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines, has urged lawmakers to take action against igaming. In a speech this week ...

The Philippines Senate committee on games and amusement has said that it will launch an investigation next week into the growing prevalence of online gambling in the country, with ...

A call center promoting online gambling has been dismantled in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, after a police raid. The center, located on the 23rd floor of a building in Jalan Kia ...

The Executive Director of Philippine anti-corruption organization the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission has supported an online gambling ban, citing concerns over its ...

The Philippines gaming industry recorded combined gross gaming revenues of PHP214.75 billion in the first six months of 2025, buoyed by the ongoing rise of the domestic online ...

Philippine President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr delivered his fourth state of the nation address on Monday but left out the rising contentious issue of whether to regulate or ban ...

The archbishop-designate of Cebu in the Philippines has called on Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to ban online gambling in the country permanently. Alberto Uy, who ...

Filipino gaming technology firm DigiPlus Interactive has revealed plans to expand into South Africa, representing the latest stage of its global expansion strategy. As part of ...

A new study by research firm Fourth Wall found that 89% of online gambling players in the Philippines are low-stakes bettors, spending less than PHP5,000 monthly, about 10% of ...

A ban on igaming operators in the Philippines could lead to the loss of more than 50,000 jobs, data in a report published by the Philippine Star shows. Direct and indirect jobs ...

The Cebu City Council in the Philippines has approved a resolution to block igaming sites and VPN applications on government-provided internet networks. The measure, authored ...