Hong Kong: Gaming

Hong Kong phases out its Electronic Shroff Card at betting branches while South Korea blocks Polymarket as illegal gambling and tightens regulation of claw machines. Vietnamese-based illegal gambling operations face prosecution as Asian jurisdictions intensify enforcement across digital and physical gaming platforms.

This weekly bulletin examines major developments across Asia's gaming sector, from Hong Kong Jockey Club's record-breaking HK$331.7 billion turnover and Pansy Ho's succession insights, to Macau casino operators leveraging luxury retail growth and South Korea's regulatory restructuring to combat illegal online gambling. The analysis explores how integrated resorts are diversifying revenue streams while governments intensify enforcement against offshore platforms.

Since the liberation of Macau's gaming industry around 20 years ago, gaming concessionaires – namely six operators ...