North America
Europe
Betfair profits are up 56% in the first 6m of their fiscal year; Ladbrokes is expecting to cut more staff; Mr. Green is having a phenomenal year; UK gambling advertisements are up 600% since 2007; William Hill’s Sports Book of the year is Jamie Reid’s Doped; David Vamplew wins an FTOPS title; we have updates from the UKIPT and Stuart Rutter talks about his life outside of poker; Two English football games were fixed and two men were charged.
Asia
Taiwan was considering a casino near the Taipei Airport before deciding to delay casino legislation debate; November’s numbers in Macau were the fourth highest this year; James Packer’s Crown Casinos delays their Sri Lankan Casino resort; Macau casino Junket investor AMAX continues to struggle while Amuca (Macau) Sociedade Unipessoal Ltda hasn’t paid their rent at the Sands; China has told banks not to deal in Bitcoin, the virtual currency’s value plummets; it’s been a rough week for Russian gambling as online poker players face a new malware threat and a Russian bookmaker was shuttered for allowing wagering on roosters, rats and insects. We received the first update from the Calvin Ayre Foundation workers on the ground helping the people affected by Super Typhoon Haiyan.