Sportradar inks eight-year data and media rights deal with the Asian Football Confederation
Sports data firm Sportradar has entered into a partnership with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) that will see it become Official Video and Data Distribution Partner for major AFC national team and club competitions. Under the terms of the agreement,...
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China cracks over 3,500 cross-border gambling cases in 2020
Chinese police cracked more than 3,500 cross-border gambling cases, arrested more than 75,000 criminal suspects, busted over 2,260 online gambling platforms, 1,160 gambling promotion platforms and busted around 1,960 illegal payment platforms and underground banks during operations in 2020, according...
“Stay in place during Chinese New Year” – latest call could further impact Macau’s gaming and tourism industries
Macau has urged both citizens and Chinese non-resident workers to avoid leaving Macau during the upcoming Chinese New Year holiday in February after almost 400 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Hebei Province and several sporadic cases elsewhere in...
Macau tightens virus test requirements for travelers returning from foreign countries
Macau has shortened the effective period of COVID-19 virus test results from seven days to 72 hours for people returning from foreign countries by air in response to the worsening state of the COVID-19 pandemic around the world. From midnight...
Cross-border casinos, junkets in firing line as China passes amendment to criminal law
China’s National People’s Congress has passed an amendment to its criminal law that will, from 1 March 2021, create a new crime against cross-border casinos found to be organizing or soliciting Chinese citizens to gamble and increase penalties for those...
Landing International Chairman Yang Zhihui resigns from board of Chinese marine diving company amid investigation into market manipulation
Landing International Development Ltd Chairman Yang Zhihui has resigned from the board of Chinese marine diving equipment producer China Dive Company Limited amid allegations he manipulated the securities market. The China Securities Regulatory Commission launched an investigation into Yang’s conduct...
Macau’s Judiciary Police arrests four over widespread “family style” online gambling operation
Four people have been arrested in Macau for alleged involvement in running cross-border casinos in Southeast Asia and maintaining online gambling platforms, believed to have generated profits of at least MOP$100 million (US$12.5 million). According to Macau’s Judiciary Police (PJ),...
TripAdvisor among 105 apps banned by China for promotion of “illegal services and content including gambling”
China’s crackdown on perceived threats by foreign companies targeting Chinese citizens has escalated after the nation’s cyberspace watchdog ordered the removal of 105 apps, including global travel platform TripAdvisor, from local app stores. The Cyberspace Administration of China published a...
