Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has had enough of new casinos in the Southeast Asian country.

On Wednesday, The Philippine Daily Inquirer reported that Duterte has ordered state regulator Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) to stop issuing casino licenses to new investors, several days after he fired the entire Nayong Pilipino Foundation (NPF) board and management over a “flawed” casino land lease deal.

“There will be no casinos outside of what was existing,” Duterte said in a speech during the police service anniversary at the Philippine National Police headquarters, according to the news outlet.

The casino land lease deal that Duterte was referring to was the agreement that the NPF executives signed with Hong Kong-listed casino investor Landing International Development Ltd. (LIDL).

Irish bookmaker Paddy Power Betfair (PPB) remained pessimistic about its full-year 2018 outlook even as its revenues accelerated at a faster pace in the second quarter of the year.

In a regulatory filing, PPB estimated that its full-year EBITDA will land in between £460 million ($591.43 million) and £480 million ($617.14 million) due to the introduction of additional taxes and losses from its growing U.S. business.

The latest figures were much lower compared to the EBITDA estimates of in between £470 million ($604.28 million) and £495 million ($636.43 million) that PPB issued in May. PPB cited several factors for the downward revision of its full-year EBITDA, including the introduction of new Australian taxes, the integration of FanDuel operations in the U.S., and lower horse-racing revenues at its Betfair exchange.

“[T]he downgrade to [PPB’s] earnings guidance is a reminder of the regulatory risks the company faces in Australia and the UK, not to mention the execution challenges it faces in the US,” Senior Market Analyst Fiona Cincotta of UK-based brokerage City Index said in a statement.

A scam perpetrated by a Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency mining company that saw around 70 Macau locals lose $2.5 million has the city’s Monetary Authority of Macao (AMCM) scrambling. The agency has issued an advisory cautioning everyone to stay away from cryptocurrencies in light of the scam, which centers on Hong Kong’s Genesis Hong Kong Ltd. company and Forger Tech.

In a report by the Macau News Agency, the president of the General Assembly of the Macau Civil Servant’s Association (MCSA), Rita Botelho dos Santos, is preparing complaints against Genesis and Forger Tech after they defaulted on payments equaling US$2.5 million following agreements signed with over 70 Macau residents. Those residents, as it has now been revealed, were duped into investing in Genesis, which reportedly was going to make crypto mining equipment. Dos Santos has already filed a complaint against the company’s two majority shareholders, Hong Kit Law and Dennis Lau Tin Chun.

A sworn statement posted on Facebook in July by Santos’ son and founder of Macau’s Grow uP eSports organization, Frederico Alexandre dos Santos Rosario, noted that about US$815,288 of the invested money had been returned. He further stated that Genesis had led seven funding rounds, but that investors had only received capital on their contributions for the initial three rounds, with none having received profits.

Genesis and Forger conducted a seminar at the MCSA headquarters in January in conjunction with Grow uP eSports. At least 70 Macau residents agreed to invest and signed 142 participation agreements with the two firms that saw the investors transfer funds to bank accounts held in Lau’s name.

A poker tournament for charity recently organized by the Kardashian clan saw a star-studded turnout raise money for a worthy cause. On hand to emcee the event was poker’s own brat, Phil Hellmuth, who took advantage of the opportunity to rub elbows with several members of the reality TV celebrity family. The event was a huge success, raising tens of thousands of dollars for the City of Hope, a non-profit center in California that specializes in research and treatment of cancer.

The “If Only” tournament was hosted by music manager Irving Azoff—the man behind such talent as the Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, Bon Jovi, Jimmy Buffett and Van Halen—and his wife, Shelli Azoff. On hand were Kris Jenner, Kendall Jenner, as well as Khloé and Kim Kardashian. Each of them hosted their own poker tables, with some players paying as much as $7,500 for a chance to sit at the same table as Kim.

Winners were not awarded money for taking down their tables. Instead, valuable prizes were offered, including a first-place prize package that included front row tickets and a meet and greet with the Eagles, a second-place package with front row tickets to a Fleetwood Mac concert and a meet and greet with Stevie Knicks. A Lorraine Schwartz “Diamond Against Evil Eve” bracelet worth $17,000 was also thrown into the mix.

Some of the participants in the tournament included names like Cameron Crowe, David Arquette, Meghan Trainor, Kevin Pollack, Chris Harrison and Brando Cantu. Phil Hellmuth provided colorful commentary throughout the tournament, allowing his poker expertise to guide the tables.

Philippine-listed casino operator Bloomberry Resorts Corp.’s Jeju operations is turning out to be the company’s Achilles heels that prevents it from taking off.

Bloomberry reported on Tuesday a net revenue of PHP10.60 billion ($199.77 million) in the three months that ended June 30, 2018, up 7.7 percent against the PHP9.83 billion ($185.26 million) it posted in the same period last year.

Its consolidated EBITDA also grew 3 percent to PHP3.75 billion ($70.72 million) in the second quarter of 2018, according to Bloomberry.

However, Bloomberry’s net profit slid 18 percent to PHP1.62 billion ($30.53 million) in April to June 30, 2018 period from the P1.959 billion ($36.92 million) it posted in Q2 2018. In a regulatory filing, Bloomberry its operations in South Korea as the culprit behind the net profit decline.

According to recently published data from The Delaware Lottery, the state’s three casinos, they reportedly saw $8 million in sports wagers placed between June 25 and July 29 of 2018. The majority of the bets, $5.8 million, were placed at Delaware Park, which welcomed the bulk of the traffic due to its access to out-of-state gamblers in New Jersey, Maryland and Pennsylvania. Of all the money collected, after giving the requisite cuts to the government and to their racetracks, $185,000 net was earned by the three casinos.

Gamblers were the biggest winners in the last month, only the second month that sports gambling has been legal in the state. For the 20 days that sports gambling was available in June, gamblers picked up about $1 million less than the total wagered amount—$7 million vs. $6 million. In July’s fiscal month, which runs through the last Sunday of the month, they took home just under $7.7 million.

Part of the draw came from the FIFA World Cup soccer tournaments, which wrapped up mid-July. Now that it’s behind us, all eyes are on the NFL and college football. The NFL is already in its pre-season and college football gets under way at the end of August.

The state earned a total of $875,000 in proceeds for the month of June, and added another $230,614 in July. This represents 50% of the total proceeds received by the three casinos.