Top gambling operators William Hill and Ladbrokes are about to be under investigation by the Australian Federal Police due to allegations of both companies breaking local gambling laws. According to reports first revealed by The Australian, the two companies may be facing multi-million dollar fines if they are found guilty of breaching specific gaming laws. It is believed that both companies has breached the ban in place for live betting in Australia. Last month, allegations of both firms taking bets online surfaced. The companies were reportedly allowing customers to keep their microphone on at the computer to try and stay…

SCMP – Hong Kong police are launching a month-long operation against illegal soccer betting in the run-up to the World Cup. Working in conjunction with Interpol in nine other countries, local police are coordinating efforts to eliminate the multimillion-dollar problem. Police in the city also say they are being thwarted in attempts to stamp out illegal soccer betting as most syndicates operate online, on the mainland and offshore. Superintendent Dan Ng Wai-hon, from the Organised Crime and Triad Bureau, said yesterday that criminals had moved to the mainland and regions such as South America and Taiwan since local authorities got…

Police from Macau, Hong Kong and mainland China are stepping up enforcement action against illegal World Cup betting as police from both Special Administrative Regions and from Guangdong province have launched a month-long crackdown on illegal football gambling, Hong Kong Standard newspaper reports. The 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil kicks off on June 12 with the final set for July 13. In June 2010, Macau’s casino revenue declined 20 percent from the previous month, a drop that was attributed by some financial analysts to the World Cup keeping some gamblers away from gaming tables and slot machines. Gambling revenue for the…

Totally Gaming – Singapore police have arrested 18 people believed to be part of a multi-million dollar illegal football betting ring. With less than a month before the World Cup starts, the police said in a statement that preliminary investigations had revealed that the suspects were believed to have received illegal soccer bets amounting to an estimated $6.4m in the past two weeks alone. The nationalities of the suspects, 16 women and two men, who were detained during raids on Sunday and Monday, were not revealed, but cash totalling over $1m, as well as computers, mobile phones, and documents detailing…