China to Probe Baidu Gambling Ad Scandal
A new Baidu advertising scandal has been uncovered this week after Chinese domestic media...
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Corruption Crackdown Pummels Macau Casinos
At NPR, Frank Langfitt reports that casino revenues in Macau fell for the fifth consecutive month...
A Border City on the Edge of the Law
The New York Times’ Andrew Jacobs visits the Chinese-dominated Myanmar border town of Mong...
Blast in Illegal Gambling Hall Kills 14
An explosion at an illegal gambling hall in Guizhou Province has killed 14 people, according to...
Cards For Humanity: Chinese Dissident Deck Reviewed
At Kotaku, Beijing Cream’s Anthony Tao and Charter 08 signer Wang Zhongxia review a deck of...
Macau Trumps Vegas As Global Casino Capital
Kate O’Keeffe reports for The Wall Street Journal that “it now takes Macau’s...
The Highs and Lows of China’s High Rollers
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...
In New Macau, Triads Keep the Peace
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.”...
“Chief Beijing Representative” Focus of Sands China Probe
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...
Slower Growth Forecast for Macau
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...
Arrested Chinese Blackjack Guru Ai WeiWei Also an Artist and Activist
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...
China to Crack Down on Gambling over World Cup
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...
China’s Secret Gambling Problem
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...
Macau To Review Gambling Industry
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...
China Jails 20 in ‘Biggest-ever’ Internet Gambling Case: Report
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...
Chinese Officials Gamble, and Their Luck Runs Out
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...
China Officials ‘Lost Millions’
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...
From Boom to Gloom in China’s Gambling Mecca
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...
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