Hong Kong police have arrested 74 people in an anti-triad operation and seized HK$1.6 million (US$206,000) of drugs, including “space oil”, a narcotic which has rapidly become popular among youngsters. The 41 men and 33 women, aged between 19 and 70, were apprehended over 10 days and accused of operating gambling dens, trafficking drugs and…
The arguments for allowing legal betting on basketball are much the same as those for legalising football betting in 2003. Then, expansion of legal gambling beyond horse racing and Mark Six was justified to combat thriving illegal operations, which is now the case with rogue betting on basketball. The latter now turns over up to…
The daughter of an unemployed Hong Kong man who was accused of raping her 13 times over nine years has told a court she did not tell her mother about the attacks because the latter had herself been abused and could not protect her. The High Court on Tuesday heard the testimony from the defendant’s…
Legalising basketball betting could add HK$2 billion (US$257.2 million) in duties to government coffers annually, Hong Kong’s finance chief has said, although observers have raised concerns about the promotion of gambling and related youth problems. Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po revealed in his annual budget speech on Wednesday that the government had invited the Hong…
Online searches for gambling addiction-related terms have surged in recent years across the U.S., especially in states that have legalized online sports betting, according to a study published on Monday in the American Medical Association’s peer-reviewed journal. Since the Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association Supreme Court decision allowed states to legalize sports betting in…
A nearly four-minute audio recording allegedly captured Shohei Ohtani’s former interpreter Ippei Mizuhara impersonating the baseball star on a call with a bank as he attempted to transfer $200,000 for what he describes as a car loan, federal prosecutors said Thursday. The recording referenced in a court filing and obtained by The Associated Press is…
The Chinese president is on a three-day visit to the former Portuguese colony 25 years after its return to Chinese sovereignty, providing him with an opportunity to send messages to Hong Kong as well, and stress the potential of the Greater Bay Area. The stop on Hengqin Island is significant, since it is slated to…
MACAO (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping urged the casino hub of Macao to diversify its economy as he swore in the former Portuguese colony’s new government on Friday at an event marking the 25th anniversary of its handover to China. New Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai — Macao’s first leader born in mainland China…
MACAO (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday began a three-day visit to Macao to mark the 25th anniversary of the casino city’s return to Chinese rule. Xi and his wife, Peng Liyuan, were welcomed at the airport by a lavish ceremony with lion and dragon dances. Xi told reporters that Macao, a former…
Singapore police said they didn’t arrest a Chinese national accused of money laundering because they were not asked to do so by authorities in China, even though an Interpol Red Notice had been issued for him. Yan Zhenxing, a Singapore permanent resident in his early 40s, was detained on Monday by Indonesian authorities after he…