Korean Bitcoin Gambling Site Seeks Asian Customers

Coin Desk – A new bitcoin gambling site has opened for beta testing, specifically targeting customers in the Asia region. Based in South Korea, Satoshinori.com is available in Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese and English. It features an array of multi-player games including Seven Card Poker, Texas Hold-em and Matgo, plus simpler web based games like Rock Paper Scissors, Riding Ladder and Mine Sweeper. More are due to arrive in future. Satoshinori’s operator said the site is produced by a leading Korean game publishing company, with emphasis on fair games, low fees and security. The site itself says:“All customers’ deposited Bitcoins…

Sheldon Adelson: Japan & South Korea are “promising” for development

Las Vegas Review Journal – Officials with high-flying Las Vegas Sands Corp. raved about last year’s financial results and were giddy about potential expansion in Asia during an annual shareholder meeting Wednesday. Sands is on track to add thousands of hotel rooms by the end of next year after it completes a St. Regis Tower and a Paris-themed casino in the lucrative Chinese gambling enclave of Macau, according to CEO Sheldon Adelson. The company also has its eyes on Japan and South Korea. “They present the most promising and meaningful development opportunities in the world,” Adelson said of the Asian…

Caesars to build first foreign-owned casino in South Korea

Mass Live – South Korea said a consortium of Caesars Entertainment and Indonesia’s Lippo conglomerate has received a preliminary license to build a casino-resort near the country’s largest airport, stepping up competition among Asian countries to lure Chinese tourists. The Indonesian-U.S. consortium plans to spend 743.7 billion won ($696 million) to open a casino town in Incheon in 2018, South Korea’s culture ministry said in a statement Tuesday. It is the first South Korean casino license given to foreign investors, though a final approval is pending. It will become South Korea’s largest casino serving exclusively foreigners and boost the tourism…