South Korea
Korean cruise ship casinos likely to be foreigner-only
The government will move forward with legislation to govern the operation of foreigner-only casinos on South Korea-based cruise ships in a bid to help...
Korean soldiers accessing gambling sites from bases
South Korean military officials said that 230 enlisted troops and low-ranking officers have logged onto online gambling sites while on base this year, up...
TV host sent to prison for gambling
A Seoul judge has sentenced Kim Yong-man, a prominent television host and comedian, to eight months in jail and two years' probation for illegal...
Paradise/ Sega JV acquires Incheon casino
A joint venture by a South Korean casino operator and Japanese gaming company has acquired the Paradise Casino Incheon in a step toward the...
Caesars and Universal rejected
The Ministry of Culture, Sport and Tourism said its review committee had rejected applications from Japan's Universal Entertainment Corp. and from a consortium that...
Illegal gambling overshadows legal forms
Illegal gambling turnover in South Korea is expected to reach 75 trillion won ($67.7 billion) this year, according to a report by the National...
Higher lottery sales cap recommended
The finance ministry recommended that lottery ticket sales next year be capped at 3.61 trillion won ($3.23 billion), up 3.6 percent from this year's...
Deep six for 8City
The developers of the giant proposed 8City resort project in Incheon failed to make deadline to deposit 50 billion won ($45.3 million) to secure...
Lottery Commission faces audit
The Board of Audit and Inspection is probing allegations of corruption involved with contracts awarded by the Korea Lottery Commission as well as auditing...
Leisure tax for Seoul casinos
Seoul plans to broaden its "leisure tax" to cover casinos and online sports gambling in a bid to raise more than 100 billion won...
Life After POGOs – AGB Pop-Up Forum
The Philippines and Asia’s online gaming industry is going through uncertain times, with the gaming regulator seeing more and more operators leaving the country for greener pastures.
Acquiring & Retaining iGaming Customers
In this AGB Webinar Series, we covered the newest strategies for iGaming player acquisition and retention.
Asia Gaming Briefings – April 2021 Edition
In this April edition of Asia Gaming Briefings we take the pulse of how the North Asia jurisdictions of Japan, Korea and the Russian Far East have fared.
Asia Gaming Briefings – Feb 2021 Edition
The world is bouncing back, or at least coming to grips with the fact that going forward not much will be the same as before. Commendably, this industry quickly understood the need to adapt to a new normal, and that the days of targeting the low hanging fruit of the VIP sector are gone.
Asia Gaming Briefings – Dec 2020 Edition
Over the years, many of the answers have been remarkably prescient in their forecasts for the near-term direction of Asia’s gaming industry. However, we can safely say that no one came anywhere close to guessing what 2020 may have had in store.