Chinese Authorities to Impose Stricter Controls on Streamed Casino Games

Spectrum Gaming Group has come out with a report that speculates mainland Chinese law-enforcers will step up its surveillance of online gaming operations along with streamed casino games. Spectrum annually publishes a list of what it believes will be the Top 10 ruling trends of the gaming industry the coming year. The increased scrutiny over gaming operations will be the second-most crucial influencer that will dictate gaming growth in the year to come.

 

In a press release on Monday, the research house suggested that the online streaming of casino games from the Philippines and Cambodia to China will begin to be monitored by Chinese as well as other international authorities.

 

Other trends, according to Spectrum, include changes in the Asian junket industry. Junkets will steadily fall out of business as the dependence on junkets declines in Macau. Some junkets will try to pass themselves off as casino operators to protect against this. Macau, however, will continue to thrive as a mass and premium mass market.

 

More countries will participate in the development of casino resorts. Jurisdictions across the world will seek to legalize integrated resorts, most probably to be carried out through a competitive bidding procedure. It will allow them to leverage gaming as an economic tool that will enable them to achieve their policy goals.

 

Japan is slated to appoint itself as a gaming regulatory board which will draw up stipulations with regards to integrated resorts. Prefectures will angle to be chosen by the government for integrated resort sites.

 

The United States will continue to have newer legislation formulated to control betting on sports. Factors such as the fiscal needs of the state will egg at least nine state governments and lotteries to jump-start the legalization process for sports betting. Asian and European business-to-business sports betting and online gaming resources will try to carve out their place in the active gaming market there.

 

Spectrum Gaming Group is a consultancy firm specializing in the policy, regulations, and economics of legalized gambling all over the world. It is based out of Philadelphia and situated to the northeast of the U.S., in Pennsylvania. The firm has been operational since 1993 – providing dedicated research to public and private sector organizations.

 

In case you were wondering how to restructure your gameplay in the new year, browse through Spectrum’s list of upcoming trends in the gaming industry first. You can then proceed to fine-tune your gambling strategy for the next year accordingly.