An Indian Supreme Court decision over gaming taxation will hold significant implications for an industry grappling with regulatory uncertainties and divergent tax rulings across the country, legal analysts consider.

In a comprehensive analysis of gambling trends over a ten year period in the Australian state of Victoria, researchers uncovered that, while overall participation rates on 'traditional' gambling have decreased, online gambling participation has increased 'dramatically'.

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (Acma) has urged authorities in Curaçao to cease allowing online casinos to target Australian consumers, as it adds more operators to its blacklist.

In an interview with AGB, Frederic Ho, Vice President of Asia Pacific at Jumio, an online identity verification company, highlighted the current challenges faced by ID verification technology and its crucial role in the gaming industry.

International pressure to further regulate the online gaming industry will continue to grow, in Asia and beyond, industry veteran Fredric Gushin commented today.

The CEO of the Cagayan Economic Zone Authority (CEZA), Katrina Ponce Enrile, commented today that the area “never had any” problems or criminal issues connected to online gaming operators.

As changes continue in the grey-market-favored Curacao and regionally, new jurisdictions are popping up to cater to the need for online gaming licenses. One such case is Anjouan, located in the southwestern Indian Ocean. And while facing the same regulatory challenges as other locations, the territory appears to be willing to bring in grey market operators, offering yet another avenue for those wanting to get a license.

Southeast Asia illegal online gaming and scam industries have been growing since at least 2010, but expansion in the Philippines, Cambodia, Myanmar and Laos was rapid from the mid-2010s, Cyber Scam Monitor (CSM), an independent monitoring group, told AGB.

The Indian government is optimistic about the online gaming sector, with the Prime Minister himself strongly believing that it plays a vital role in the digital economy and warrants encouragement and support, as stated by the country's IT Minister.

The Philippines' gaming regulator has uncovered an illegal online gaming operation in Parañaque City, resulting in the arrest of 12 individuals.