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By Jana Newland

China Bans “High-Frequency” Lottery Products and Virtual Sports Betting

October 28, 2020

China’s raging war against some types of gambling continues with the recent arrival of a joint notice from the country’s Ministry of Civil Affairs and the General Administration of Sport. The notice from the two institutions proposes a total ban on the sale of high-frequency Sports Lottery games and the very popular quick-draw Welfare Lottery […]

By Michael Naydenov

PokerStars Exits China, Macau and Taiwan Markets

September 2, 2020

Online poker is banned in China, Macau, and Taiwan, but renowned online poker operator PokerStars has always found ways of circumventing regulations in these places. This will, however, no longer be the case as the Flutter Entertainment-owned online poker platform is now reportedly withdrawing from these “black markets”. The move is, as it turns out, […]

By Sienna Walker

AGTech Holdings Awarded Chinese Sports Lottery Contract

May 20, 2019

A recent report by AGTech Holdings has revealed that one of the company’s subsidiaries has been awarded a big contract to facilitate the development and deployment of augmented reality products for the China Sports Lottery. According to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, the augmented reality technology that AGTech will provide will be specifically used for […]

By Ameana Jones

Is China Going to Have Its First Mainland Casino Soon?

April 10, 2018

China is a huge market, especially for gambling. Macau’s casinos have generated around $45.27 billion at some point in 2013. However, it is also true that the money doesn’t go directly to China. Many casinos that you see in Macau are from other parts of the globe such as Las Vegas Sands Corp and MGM. […]

By Sienna Walker

Hainan to Turn into China’s New Gambling Hub?

February 2, 2018

Aside from Las Vegas, a lot of gamblers are now headed towards Macau and Hong Kong. As for China, it plans to expand its gambling endeavors to a small island the size of Switzerland. It has been dubbed as “China’s Hawaii” and could easily be the next big thing in the Asian region when it […]