The Korean women’s volleyball team broke its long 30-game losing streak in the VNL (Volleyball Nations League). Korea (world No. 42) defeated Thailand (world No. 13) with a set score of 3-1 (25-19 23-25 25-16 25-17) in Game 4 of the first week of the 2024 VNL in Brazil on Tuesday. It is the first…
Sports betting China September lottery sales up 13 pct
Sales of official lottery products in mainland China rose 13.3% year-on-year to about 41.84 billion yuan ($6.03 billion) in September, official data from China’s finance ministry showed. The growth recorded last month was supported by 24.02 billion yuan in sports lottery sales, which rose 24.3% year-on-year. Welfare lottery sales totaled 17.83 billion yuan in September,…
Casino tax hike to hit GEN Malaysia
The announcement of the Malaysian budget on Friday gave the Malaysian gaming industry a negative surprise as casinos and slot factories were not spared tax rises. According to the government’s budget, casino license fees will be raised from $128.8 million to $150 million annually, while casino tariff rates will be raised from 25% to 35%…
Takchun seeks to build overseas VIP gaming empires
Leading Macau gambling junket investor Takchun Group has announced plans to pioneer and expand its new market. Speaking at the “grand opening” of the MGM Kotai Takchun VIP Club, a VIP gaming room at the MGM Kotai Casino Resort in Macau on Monday, Takchun Group Chief Executive Leo Chan said it was part of a…
GEN Malaysia sues Disney Fox over theme parks
Casino operator Genting Malaysia Bhd is suing Walt Disney Co, Fox Entertainment Group LLC and some of its affiliates in U.S. courts for more than $1 billion, multiple media reports said. Malaysia insists it has bad faith in the suspended theme park project because it opened at the gaming company’s resort world gifting property near…
Park Ji-hyun to advance to Australian Women’s Basketball
Park Ji-hyun, who signed a contract with Bankstown in the NBL1 League in Australia until August this year, started the match against Hornsby in Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia on the 19th and played 29 minutes, scoring 29 points, six rebounds, five assists, and three steals. Park Ji-hyun succeeded in a come-from-behind two-point fielding that…
6 points alone in 1 minute at the end of the 4th quarter
San Hermann (7-14), which includes Alize, and San Juan (8-7), which includes Sullinger, faced off in the 19th round of the BSN regular league held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on the 20th (Korea time). It was of interest to KBL fans as it was a showdown between players who performed well in KBL. Alize…
This Akmun DB Reinforces Back-up to 1.3 Billion, Kim Si-rae, Kang Sang-jae, and Kim Jong-kyu
Lee Sun-Bano’s backup, which was a weakness in professional basketball’s Wonju DB, was supplemented by veteran guard Kim Si-rae. The goal of the DB, which invested 1.3 billion won in existing big men Kang Sang-jae and Kim Jong-kyu, is to win the championship game. DB announced on Tuesday that it signed a one-year contract with…
Fire bowler reinforcements are coming to Samsung in July
Samsung Lions right-hander Kim Yoon-soo is currently serving in the Korean Armed Forces Sports Unit (Sangju Sangmu) baseball team. He will return to the team after being discharged from the military in July. He will support his team’s starting lineup. Kim was drafted 52 times in the second round of the sixth round in 2018…
S. Korea’s GKL casino sales rise 15 pct in November
Grand Korea Leisure (GKL), a South Korean casino operator, said Friday that it posted solid sales in November. Grand Korea Leisure said its casino sales rose 14.5 percent year-on-year to about 41.58 billion won this month. On a month-over-month basis, casino sales rose 15.2% in November compared with October. The year-on-year increase in casino sales…