Location: Asia
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 ...
Six Japanese comedians investigated for igaming accusations
4 April 2025 at 7:08am UTC-4
Six comedians from the Japanese entertainment agency Yoshimoto Kogyo are being accused of gambling on igaming platforms. The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department sent papers to ...
India blocks 357 offshore igaming platforms
3 April 2025 at 8:00am UTC-4
The Director General of Goods and Service Tax Intelligence in India has blocked 357 links for offshore igaming platforms.
The Hindustan Times reports that Jitin Prasada, the ...
Mandya Police crackdown on illegal igaming in India
3 April 2025 at 7:53am UTC-4
Police in Mandya, a city in the Indian state of Karnataka, have created specialized teams to deal with illegal ibetting.
The Times of India has reported that the Mandya Police ...
Cambodia police raid illegal igaming operation
2 April 2025 at 7:40am UTC-4
Police in the Cambodia Internet Security Department in the Ministry of Interior say they have caught around 170 foreign nationals running an illegal igaming operation.
The ...
Philippine crackdown on POGOs halted while 947 POGO workers wait for deportation
1 April 2025 at 7:06am UTC-4
The Philippines organized crime enforcement unit, the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission, is waiting to deport 947 Philippine offshore gaming operator workers out of the ...
Two online gambling-related arrests made during Indian Premier League
31 March 2025 at 8:14am UTC-4
Two men were arrested at an Indian Premier League match in Motera in the Indian state of Gujarat for allegedly betting online.
The arrests occurred Saturday during the IPL game ...
Indian politician calls for better igaming regulations in Tamil Nadu
31 March 2025 at 7:44am UTC-4
Doctor Anbumani Ramadoss, President of the Pattali Makkal Katchi party in Tamil Nadu, India, has called for the Tamil Nadu government to take more action to prevent igaming.
In ...
Parimatch becomes UFC’s official sportsbook in Asia
28 March 2025 at 7:35am UTC-4
UFC, the world’s largest mixed martial arts organization, has partnered with international sports betting platform Parimatch, which will become the UFC’s official sportsbook ...
Indian lawmakers to create Special Investigation Team to tackle igaming
28 March 2025 at 7:17am UTC-4
The Telangana government in India will amend its laws on igaming by creating a Special Investigation Team to try to stop gambling in the state while enforcing stricter sanctions ...
Indian lawmakers hold heated debate on risks of online gambling
27 March 2025 at 6:51am UTC-4
India’s Union Minister for Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw was subject to robust questioning on the safety of online gambling in India’s lower house of Parliament, Lok ...






