Hosted by the Bristol Hub for Gambling Harms Research.
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Abstract: The rapid proliferation of casino-resorts in Asia and their unique integration into the region’s landscape has reshaped its social and economic fabric in the past decade. “Asia” – as a region and a buzzword – has become both a hub for speculative development and a playground for financial adventurism, fostering a casino-integrated-resort development model that assembles capital, skills, bodies, and desires within spatial enclaves of capitalism. Amidst prevailing economic uncertainties, post-pandemic recovery complexities, and shifting geopolitical dynamics, casino leisure and gaming as a booming industry raises questions about the embedded hopes and desires it fuels, who benefits from its speculative drive, and how it transforms social imaginations across uneven geographies. Furthermore, the infrastructuralisation of global gambling through casino-making adds greater complexities to this dynamic, highlighting the significance of the growth of a casino economy in Asia and their broader social and political impact.