Tim Alper

1 week ago | casinobeats.com | Tim Alper

Thailand Deputy Finance Minister Julapun Amornvivat has claimed that the under-fire Thai casino bill will top the government’s agenda when parliament reconvenes in early July. This could put the government on a collision course with senators and ruling coalition members. The Senate has called for a full review of the government’s proposal to create special casino-entertainment complexes throughout the nation. Senators think their review will wrap some sometime in October.

1 week ago | casinobeats.com | Tim Alper

The scandal surrounding a former Thai abbot accused of embezzling $9 million worth of temple funds to spend on online gambling sites is deepening, with police poised to make more arrests. The Bangkok Post reported that the police officers, the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB), and anti-corruption agencies raided Wat Rai Khing in Nakhon Pathom on May 20. After uncovering various financial irregularities and undeclared, temple-linked accounts, the officers launched their newest probe.

1 week ago | cryptonews.com | Tim Alper

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2 weeks ago | casinobeats.com | Tim Alper

Indonesian academics have proposed that the government give the green light to casinos that only admit foreign passport holders. According to the news outlet Merdeka, Vidya Ramadhan, a fund manager and a lecturer at the STIE Ekuitas University in Bandung, said that the solution could have a positive economic impact in the short term. Vidya added that such a system would likely have no detrimental effects on Indonesian society, provided citizens who attempt to enter are barred from doing so.

2 weeks ago | casinobeats.com | Tim Alper

South Korea’s esports industry wants parliament’s biggest party to allow Toto, or tote-style betting on professional matches. Most forms of sports betting are illegal in South Korea. However, in 2000, the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism green-lighted the launch of Sports Toto, a service similar to the British football pools and tote betting systems common in other countries. Sports Toto allows citizens aged 20 and over to buy tickets worth a maximum of KRW 100,000 ($72).