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Paraguay’s Sports Betting Regulations

Paraguay
July 7, 2018

Macau is the place most people think of when they of a gambling mecca that or Monte Carlo. Recently Macau announced a cleanup of their sector by arresting loan sharks. Macau is not the only country that wants to make the laws and regulations clear. Paraguay is also cleaning up their gambling industry. Paraguay is now enforcing the new sports betting monopoly. However, companies do not want to leave the area. The new laws are making companies have to close and leave the shores of Paraguay, but rather than just going they are fighting. The National Commission of Games of… Read More

Trends in Casino Entertainment

Macau Casino
July 3, 2018

Buying buses for mass-market gamblers is one way casinos are trying to attract more players, especially in Macau. However, when it comes to entertainment there is a whole string of different options, some of which are more successful than others. Valley Forge is offering wedding packages. Andrew Klebanow was interviewed recently and discussed what some of the land-based casinos are doing to maintain their competitive edge. Online gaming portals can take a huge chunk of revenue from brick and mortar facilities. In the past, players needed to drive to casinos, sometimes for miles to have fun. With online venues it… Read More

Macau’s Police Cast a Loan-Sharking Net

Macau
June 30, 2018

Macau’s target audience has changed since the Chinese government started their crackdown. Casinos are targeting mass market gamblers instead of VIPs. But, the crackdown is far from over. Loan sharks throughout Asia, including in Macau tend to imprison debtors until their family will pay. Macau is attempting to root out all the loan sharks conducting illegal business and put them in prison. The latest situation occurred on Thursday, June 28, 2018. Police arrested 113 suspects, who are thought to be involved in loan-sharking. The Judiciary Police have worked hard in Macau to find the individuals who are involved in loan-sharking…. Read More

iGaming Sites Building Traffic in Slovakia

slovakia
June 26, 2018

The beginning of June was about overturning a gambling ban in Bratislava by Slovakia’s court system. Slovakia is however going ahead with online gambling bans, putting certain sites on a blacklist for Internet service providers to block. Slovakia is not keen to let iGaming websites into their country, but one guest contributor believes there is still an important lesson for these sites on building traffic. Ivana Flynn who is a Malta SEO consultant recently discussed how iGaming sites will be able to build traffic. If Slovakia decides to allow online gambling, then the industry operators need to be ready to… Read More