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The Chinese province of Macau is testing a multi-site mahjong game which could be operational this spring. A Toronto-listed company called Dynasty Gaming, which has developed software for a cash wager version of the popular Chinese pastime, has signed a letter of intent with Sino Strategic International, a well-placed investment holding company with offices in Hong Kong and Australia and a significant stake in China’s $8 billion-plus welfare and sports lotteries market, for distribution of Dynasty’s “play-for-points” version of mahjong and other Asian “soft” games. These will run on a virtual private network operating out of Shanghai. The VPNs are a platform through which legal games and lotteries can be played on the mainland. Dynasty also is one of the organizers of the “World Cup of Mahjong” scheduled to be played in Macau this month. —Staff Reports |
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