Chinese authorities are urging the Philippines to ban “all online gambling” generated via the Southeast Asian country. Beijing in addition has praised Cambodia for announcing over the weekend such a ban. Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang said during a regular press conference on...
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Union Gaming has reduced its forecast of the 2019 earnings of International Game Technology PLC, a U.S. maker of gaming equipment. Union Gaming issued on Wednesday a note saying it now...
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Representatives respectively from electronic casino game manufacturers the Aristocrat group and Novomatic AG are among those due to take part in a summit on digital artificial intelligence...
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Suncity Group Holdings Ltd, a Hong Kong-listed firm controlled by the boss of privately-held Macau casino junket brand Suncity Group, says it expects to narrow its first-half loss by “15 percent to 25 percent”...
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Visitors to Macau spent an aggregate of MOP15.71 billion (US$1.94 billion), excluding gaming expenses, in the second quarter 2019, down 4.8 percent year-on-year, according to the latest visitor expenditure survey...
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Singapore’s Casino Regulatory Authority is hosting next week the 5th Singapore Symposium on Gambling Regulation and Crime. The event, taking place on 29 and 30 August in Singapore, features a high-profile speaker...
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Chinese authorities are urging the Philippines to ban “all online gambling” generated via the Southeast Asian country. Beijing in addition has praised Cambodia for announcing over the weekend such a ban. Chinese...
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The Philippine National Police are to deploy at least two special teams to combat casino-related kidnappings in the country’s capital Manila. That is according to a report from local media outlet the Manilla...
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The operator of the Resorts World Manila casino resort (pictured) in the Philippines started on Monday its offer to public shareholders to take the business private, according to an update that day to the Philippine...
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Singapore’s Casino Regulatory Authority is hosting next week the 5th Singapore Symposium on Gambling Regulation and Crime. The event, taking place on 29 and 30 August in Singapore, features a high-profile speaker...
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The Singapore Tourism Board says tourism receipts in the city-state fell by 4.8 percent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2019, to approximately SGD6.54 billion (US$4.7 billion). The decline was despite a slight...
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The significant increase in bad debt reported by Genting Singapore Ltd in the three months to June 30 “dragged” on the firm’s earnings, representing a “negative surprise” and hinting to a loosening credit...
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Yokohama’s mayor, Fumiko Hayashi, reportedly wants the Japanese city (pictured) to begin policy implementation work soon to attract investment for a so-called integrated resort or “IR” featuring a casino. Ms...
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Macau-based casino operator Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd – also known as GEG – announced on Wednesday it would be hosting a second edition of a scheme to bring to Macau groups of Japanese university students, for...
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The Integrated Resorts (IR) Promotion Office of Japan’s Wakayama prefecture says it plans to launch a request-for-proposal (RFP) process “soon after” the national authorities announce the so-called “basic...
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Chinese authorities are urging the Philippines to ban “all online gambling” generated via the Southeast Asian country. Beijing in addition has praised Cambodia for announcing over the weekend such a ban. Chinese...
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Malaysia-listed casino equipment maker and supplier RGB International Bhd says it sees opportunities in the Asia-Pacific region for its technical support and management – or “TSM” – business model; as well as...
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Xinhua, a Chinese state news agency, reported on Sunday – quoting a directive from Cambodia’s prime minister, Hun Sen – that the Southeast Asian country would no longer issue licences to online gambling...
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Australian casino operator Crown Resorts Ltd saw its financial year to June 30 profit dive 28.1 percent, a result that was announced shortly after the group’s Chinese-player focused high-roller business was roiled by...
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Loss-making United States-based casino operator Empire Resorts Inc has told Nasdaq it has agreed to a merger deal to take the firm private. The deal is with entities that are ultimately controlled by Malaysia-based...
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Representatives respectively from electronic casino game manufacturers the Aristocrat group and Novomatic AG are among those due to take part in a summit on digital artificial intelligence or “AI”, organised by the...
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