Gaming-testing specialist and technical consultancy Gaming Laboratories International LLC (GLI) says it has had “successful involvement” in the development of mainland China’s first gaming technical standards related to lottery games. GLI was contracted by an entity called China Lottery...
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Len Ainsworth (pictured), founder of the Australian slot machine brand Aristocrat, and latterly of Australian slot machine maker Ainsworth Game Technology Ltd, is to be the initial...
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Japan Cash Machine Co Ltd (JCM), a supplier to the global gaming market also known as JCM Global, has unveiled a slot machine that allows players to wager on sports and to print tax forms....
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The Macau government collected a total of MOP51.67 billion (US$6.47 billion) in direct taxes from gaming in the first eight months of 2016, down by 11.8 percent from the prior-year period, according to data disclosed on...
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Hotels in Macau’s casino resorts are likely to be near full during the coming Golden Week holiday surrounding China’s National Day on October 1. But rooms bought via advanced booking were commanding a lower...
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The opening of The 13 hotel, located in Macau’s Cotai district, has been pushed back to “early 2017”, said the project’s promoter in a press release on Wednesday. The company did not provide any reasons for the...
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An influential Macau law firm has suggested that the city’s government should reconsider the issue of regulating forms of online-delivered gaming not anticipated by Macau’s current framework of gaming...
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An international tribunal in Singapore has ruled that units of Philippines-based casino firm Bloomberry Resorts Corp were “not justified” in terminating a casino management services contract with veteran industry...
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The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp (Pagcor), the country’s casino and gaming regulator, has written to PhilWeb Corp’s president Dennis Valdes rejecting the firm’s proposal to create a text-based lottery...
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Philippine gaming investor Leisure and Resorts World Corp (LRWC) said on Monday that one of its subsidiaries has been authorised to resume operations at some gaming parlours that offer electronic games for bingo. “AB...
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Philippines-based casino investor Bloomberry Resorts Corp has refuted a claim it agreed to extend the closing date for disposal of the Jeju Sun Hotel and Casino (pictured) on Jeju Island in South Korea. The claim of...
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Online betting will become legal in Singapore under strict conditions, after the government of the city-state approved the applications of two operators: state-owned lottery company Singapore Pools (Private) Ltd; and...
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Singapore’s casinos are “well supervised” but more could be done in general by the city-state to combat the global threats of money laundering and the financing of terrorism, says a new report by the Paris-based...
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Singapore casino operator Genting Singapore Plc is likely to keep its 2016 annual dividend payment at the 2015 level of SGD0.015 (US$ 0.010) per share, “until there is more clarity on its Japan business,” says a...
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Singapore’s state-owned lottery company Singapore Pools (Private) Ltd; and the city’s licensed horse racing provider, the Singapore Turf Club, could be allowed as early as next month to let gamblers make bets...
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Singapore casino operator Genting Singapore Plc is likely to keep its 2016 annual dividend payment at the 2015 level of SGD0.015 (US$ 0.010) per share, “until there is more clarity on its Japan business,” says a...
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A Japanese parliamentary committee, due to meet on Friday to list items of business for a forthcoming legislative session, is likely to include a debate on the so-called Integrated Resorts Promotion Bill, reports the...
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The debate for and against casinos in Asia is “narrowly embedded” in social and economic arguments, and there may be a need for a “broader holistic approach on the implications on overall tourism management and...
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Gaming market technology supplier Japan Cash Machine Co Ltd (JCM), also known as JCM Global, reported net sales of approximately JPY7.40 billion (US$72.1 million) for its fiscal first quarter ended June 30, up by 3.5...
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Gaming-testing specialist and technical consultancy Gaming Laboratories International LLC (GLI) says it has had “successful involvement” in the development of mainland China’s first gaming technical standards...
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Philippines-based casino investor Bloomberry Resorts Corp has refuted a claim it agreed to extend the closing date for disposal of the Jeju Sun Hotel and Casino (pictured) on Jeju Island in South Korea. The claim of...
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Mainland China’s total July sales from official lottery products increased by 19.8 percent year-on-year to approximately RMB32.4 billion (US$4.86 billion), according to official data from the country’s Ministry of...
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VIP gambling room investor Iao Kun Group Holding Co Ltd reported on Thursday a wider net loss year-on-year for the second quarter of 2016, which it attributed to an “impairment of intangible assets”. Such net loss...
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Win for baccarat – the table game of choice for Chinese and other Asian gamblers – fell by 42.3 percent year-on-year in August at Las Vegas Strip casinos in the Nevada gaming hub. Win for mini-baccarat, another form...
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Casino investor NagaCorp Ltd said in a filing to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Wednesday that it would not, after all, proceed to the final bid stage for a single casino licence in the Republic of Cyprus. It said the...
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Casino technology supplier International Game Technology Plc (IGT) says it is to provide casino management systems for the Asia-themed Lucky Dragon Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada, in the United...
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Asian casino investor and developer Melco International Development Ltd, led by casino entrepreneur Lawrence Ho Yau Lung, has confirmed in an email to GGRAsia that it is to proceed to the final bid stage regarding the...
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Grand Lisboa Palace won’t abandon VIPs: Angela Leong VIP play will be a prominent feature of casino operations... -
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Macau, don’t panic in slump: former LVS exec Mike Leven The government and the casino operators of Macau need to... -
Junkets not keen for new Cotai VIP rooms: association Macau’s VIP gaming promoters – also known as junkets...
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Innovation expected to fuel
global gaming growth
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Virtual reality set to
invade casino floors
Digital Trends Sept 27, 2016
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