#Al Jazeera

Bangkok, Thailand - Every 15 minutes, a small crowd gathers at a shack in a Bangkok market to wait for the numbers to be drawn. The buzz of anticipation at each ping-pong lotto draw is palpable but the excitement is invariably short-lived. When the number five is called out at a recent draw, a man chewing a betel nut sighs at his loss of 1000 Thai…

US casinos are experiencing a massive surge in popularity. As noted by Al Jazeera, huge inflation has not prevented consumers spending more and more in casinos, with a record $5.3 billion being profited by US institutions from March through May. With contracting wages, it's not necessarily a splurge due to consumers having more spare cash lying…

India is at a crossroads when it comes to online skill gaming throughout the country. And the result of an ongoing appeal by the state of Tamil Nadu to the Indian Supreme Court, could change the gambling landscape in India forever. The All India Gaming Federation (AIFG) and several major gaming platforms have banded together to implore restrictive…

The Council for Development of Cambodia (CDC) has rejected outright, an international news report alleging that "many" casinos operate within Cambodian Special Economic Zones (SEZs). Qatar-based Al Jazeera released an article titled "Cambodia's nightlife scene tests Covid success" raising concerns about human trafficking, underaged sex workers in…