Hong Kong - Revenue from betting on horse racing, football matches and lottery tickets topped a record 100 billion Hong Kong dollars (12.82...
Hong Kong | 01 Aug 2007
HONG KONG - The king of Macau’s gambling industry, Stanley Ho, paid HK$13.76 million (US$1.76 million) for an imperial throne at auction...
Hong Kong | 29 May 2007
Police in Hong Kong Wednesday arrested 22 people on charges of illegal gambling and seized chips and cash totalling around 5,000 US dollars....
Hong Kong | 04 Apr 2007
Hong Kong: Elderly Macau gambling mogul Stanley Ho has been hospitalized for an injury suffered when he was undergoing a procedure to relieve...
Hong Kong | 03 Apr 2007
Officials at Happy Valley racecourse found a remote controlled device close to the starting gates on the track which could shoot poison...
Hong Kong | 22 Mar 2007
Australian jockey Chris Munce was convicted Thursday of taking bribes in exchange for racing tips and sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison,...
Hong Kong | 01 Mar 2007
The Home Affairs Bureau has opened two new centres for counselling and treating gambling addicts. The premises in Tuen Mun and Tseung Kwan...
Hong Kong | 01 Feb 2007
Stanley Ho's Sociedade de Jogos de Macau (SJM) has invited investment banks to submit proposals for an initial public offering in Hong Kong...
Hong Kong | 10 Nov 2005
The Hong Kong Jockey Club is lobbying for a change in its tax regime following 8 years of declining revenues.
Hong Kong | 10 Nov 2005
Asian casino tycoon Stanley Ho has paid HL$390 million for the Radisson Diamon cruise ship, which can carry 350 passengers. It seen as a...
Hong Kong | 11 Dec 2004
The Hong Kong Jockey Club has insisted it will not relax its monopoly on online gambling, despite the WTO ruling on allowing cross-border...
Hong Kong | 15 Nov 2004
115 men were arrested for betting on fights between crickets.
Hong Kong | 15 Aug 2004
A gambler caused more than £800 of damage when he lost his temper and threw a trolley at a casino roulette wheel. Trouble brewed at Aspers...
UK | 09 Sep 2010
John Higgins, the world’s number one snooker player, has been banned for six months and fined £75,000, but crucially cleared of accepting...
UK | 09 Sep 2010