China to Probe Baidu Gambling Ad Scandal
A new Baidu advertising scandal has been uncovered this week after Chinese domestic media...
by Cindy | Jul 22, 2016
A new Baidu advertising scandal has been uncovered this week after Chinese domestic media...
by Cindy | Nov 7, 2014
At NPR, Frank Langfitt reports that casino revenues in Macau fell for the fifth consecutive month...
by Samuel Wade | Feb 25, 2014
The New York Times’ Andrew Jacobs visits the Chinese-dominated Myanmar border town of Mong...
by Sophie Beach | Jan 13, 2014
An explosion at an illegal gambling hall in Guizhou Province has killed 14 people, according to...
by Samuel Wade | Jan 10, 2014
At Kotaku, Beijing Cream’s Anthony Tao and Charter 08 signer Wang Zhongxia review a deck of...
by Natalie Ornell | Jan 3, 2014
Kate O’Keeffe reports for The Wall Street Journal that “it now takes Macau’s...
by Olivia Rosenman | Jul 11, 2013
Al Jazeera’s Witness this week features a documentary about gambling addicts in Hong Kong. High/Low follows two Hong Kong locals who have lost money, pride, and the trust of loved ones around them. Michael, an older man, lost...
by Scott Greene | Jan 28, 2013
Benjamin Carlson recaps how the Chinese government reeled in the triad gangs and cleaned up post-colonial Macau, where one former criminal leader emerged from prison recently to find “a city utterly transformed.”...
by Scott Greene | Aug 13, 2012
The New York Times has published a lengthy report about Yang Saixin, the Chinese businessman at the center of a federal investigation into the China business practices of billionaire casino magnate Sheldon Adelson: Mr. Yang...
by Wendy Qian | Jul 30, 2012
Fitch Ratings recently published a report on Macau’s 2012 revenue forecast, expressing concern at the possible slowdown of China’s economy: Fitch has revised its 2012 Macau revenue growth forecast to 10%-12% from...
by Samuel Wade | Apr 12, 2011
The recent detention of blackjack master Ai Weiwei has uncovered his secret life as an artist and activist. From BlackjackChamp.com: Vinnie, who prefers to be called ‘Snake Eyes’ is a troglodyte faced mountain of...
by Paulina Hartono | Jun 18, 2010
Chinese officials are cracking down on illegal World Cup betting, according to a report from Reuters, via the Washington Post: Chinese police have pledged a “most severe” crackdown on football gambling during the...
by Liu Yong | Jan 9, 2010
From Telegraph: Ma Honggang was once a legend in the secretive, twilight world of China’s high-stakes gamblers. Moving from city to city, he spent countless nights around card tables in the smoke-filled apartments that act as...
by Liu Yong | Oct 13, 2009
From Wall Street Journal: Macau’s government met with the city’s six casino operators Monday and said it would review the size and growth of the industry, including potentially restricting the number of gambling...
by Sophie Beach | Feb 15, 2009
Twenty people have been sentenced in China’s largest Internet gambling case. From AFP: The Shanghai Putuo District People’s Court sentenced ringleader Qian Baochun, 41, to six years and ordered him to pay a fine of...
by Liu Yong | Jan 15, 2009
From New York Times: As mayor of a small city in the Chinese hinterland, Li Weimin started out innocently enough, playing the slots in nearby Macao, games with names like Five Dragons, Chinese Kitchen and Super Happy Fortune...
by Sophie Beach | Jan 10, 2009
Officials in Guangzhou have been investigated and/or jailed for gambling away over $3 million in public funds. From BBC: Chinese media reports said more than 50 officials had been investigated and six had been jailed or...
by Sophie Beach | Dec 15, 2008
The Washington Post reports how a changing economic climate is altering the environment in Macau: Four years ago, gamblers broke down the doors of the newest casinos to race for seats. Two years ago, Macau raked in $7 billion in...