Live Casino House is a sister casino to Happy Luke that just recently launched online in Asia. Players from Thailand, China, Vietnam and Japan will have access to quality gaming via this new brand. Developed by the creators of Happy Luke, the online casino will offer a plethora of games as well as generous promotions and bonuses. Long-time enthusiasts of casino gaming are behind Live Casino House, with a goal of providing a top-quality service option to Live Casino players. The collection of games on offer were handpicked to provide the best land-based experience that players seek with Live casino…

Coin Desk – A new bitcoin gambling site has opened for beta testing, specifically targeting customers in the Asia region. Based in South Korea, Satoshinori.com is available in Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese and English. It features an array of multi-player games including Seven Card Poker, Texas Hold-em and Matgo, plus simpler web based games like Rock Paper Scissors, Riding Ladder and Mine Sweeper. More are due to arrive in future. Satoshinori’s operator said the site is produced by a leading Korean game publishing company, with emphasis on fair games, low fees and security. The site itself says:“All customers’ deposited Bitcoins…

iGaming Business – Chinese lottery technology supplier China Vanguard Group (CVG) has struck a deal covering the provision of China Sport Lottery games in Jiangxi Province. The deal means CVG now provides services in 14 provinces across the country. The co-operative agreement was penned by an indirect non-wholly owned subsidiary of the company and Jiangxi Sport Lottery Management Centre. “The Board believes the self-service lottery sales distribution has huge market potential and is in line with the Group’s recent development direction,” CVG said. “The Board will strive to capture more of such opportunities in the future. “We will be responsible…

QZ – Last week, the casinos of Macau, the world’s largest center for gambling in terms of revenues, got some bad news: smoking will be banned at all casino tables as of October, a move to protect workers’ health. That’s a problem for the island’s massive casino industry—which generated $45 billion last year, several times that of Las Vegas. Macau depends overwhelmingly on gamblers from the world’s largest nation of smokers—China. The mainland is home to about a third of the world’s smokers. About a quarter of the Chinese population smokes, compared to the global average of a little under…

The Korea Herald – Macau, one of China’s special administrative regions along with Hong Kong, is undoubtedly enjoying its heyday as the world’s most profitable casino district. But reflecting the awareness that the gaming business alone, as prosperous as it is, can no longer be counted on as the sole pillar for profit, market leaders are pressing to diversify business and lure new customers. The issue will be discussed at the Global Gaming Expo Asia, referred to as G2E Asia, which kicked off Tuesday at the Venetian Macao. Organized by the American Gaming Association and incorporating over 6,000 visitors, the…

Business in Vancouver –  The development of professional sports in Asia is being undermined by endemic match fixing, engineered by international gangs involved in illegal gambling. The problems of match fixing by bought-off players and referees are at their worst in India, where the national sport is cricket, and in China, where it is football. But the corruption has infected most, if not all, Asian regional soccer leagues, with inquiries currently underway into apparent match fixing in Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia. In Taiwan the national sport is baseball, which came to the island nation when it became a Japanese colony…