Macau casino operator SJM Holdings Ltd is to review its work procedures to try to salvage its timetable for opening Grand Lisboa Palace (pictured), its under-construction Cotai resort, says the firm’s chief executive. The HKD36-billion (US$4.63-billion) project is currently in the sixth week...
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Macau casino operator SJM Holdings Ltd is to review its work procedures to try to salvage its timetable for opening Grand Lisboa Palace (pictured), its under-construction Cotai resort, says the firm’s chief...
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Important technical detail needed for smoking lounges inside Macau casinos will be released “as soon as possible”, a government official stated on Wednesday. The information is needed by the city’s casino...
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Hong Kong-listed Paradise Entertainment Ltd hopes to start operating the casino hotel Lan Kwai Fong in downtown Macau by the end of this year, provided that a process to acquire the property goes smoothly, the firm’s...
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Macau casino operator Wynn Macau Ltd reported total revenues of approximately US$1.10 billion in the second quarter of 2017, up 71.6 percent compared with nearly US$639.3 million in the prior-year quarter. Casino...
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Casino regulator-cum-operator the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp (Pagcor) reported net income of PHP3.06 billion (US$60.2 million) for the first six months of 2017, up by 24.9 percent from the prior-year period....
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Australia-listed casino investor Frontier Capital Group Ltd said on Monday that it is still seeking funds to meet the escrow requirements of the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp (Pagcor) with respect to the...
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Despite the Philippine president signing a law that brings the nation’s casinos within the scope of the country’s Anti-Money Laundering Act, a group tasked with suppressing illicit regional money flows reportedly...
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The potential investor and co-ordinator for a casino project on the Philippine holiday island of Cebu (pictured) is still seeking to raise sufficient funds to complete its financial commitment to the scheme. The...
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The Singapore government is to introduce stricter rules about the availability and use of slot machines in the city-state’s social clubs. Any clubs that do not meet a new test regarding the scope of their non-gaming...
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Mark Juliano has resigned as president of Las Vegas Sands Corp’s Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem (pictured) in Pennsylvania in the United States, with immediate effect, reported local news outlet the Morning Call on...
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Singapore saw 2016 visitor arrivals and tourism receipts hit record annual highs, despite a decline in tourist spending under the government’s heading of “sightseeing, entertainment and gaming”....
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Casino operator Genting Singapore Plc “is not keen” to participate in a bid for a Japan gaming licence if locals are not allowed to use such casino gambling facilities. But if Japan did permit locals, the preferred...
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Nearly 88 percent of the common stock held in U.S.-based casino group Caesars Entertainment Corp has been voted in favour of merging Caesars Acquisition Co with the parent. Caesars Acquisition investors agreed in a...
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Recent local election results and an opinion poll suggesting a decline in public support for Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (pictured) “could easily create a headwind” regarding parliamentary passage this year...
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Structural improvements to the Macau tourism market, including an increase in the proportion of overnight visitors and higher yields from travellers, are tempered by continuing challenges in terms of local...
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Japan risks “snatching defeat from the jaws of victory” if it burdens its casino bidding process with too much and too stringent regulation, says an analyst. In a Monday note titled “Japan’s IR [Integrated...
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Sales of official lottery products in mainland China in the first six months of 2017 topped RMB205.03 billion (US$30.3 billion), up by 5.5 percent compared to the prior-year period, according to data released by the...
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Australia-listed casino investor Donaco International Ltd says it will be adding approximately 100 gaming tables in the next few months to its Star Vegas Resort and Club (pictured) in Cambodia. The expansion of the...
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The official opening of Gongzi Jeju Casino (pictured), a property on the South Korean holiday island of Jeju, took place on July 16, the management confirmed in a Tuesday press release. It has actually been open...
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Provincial authorities in Thua Thien Hue have asked for the central government’s blessing to increase the investment capital threshold for the Lang Co Laguna beach resort to US$2 billion and to allow a casino there,...
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Nearly 88 percent of the common stock held in U.S.-based casino group Caesars Entertainment Corp has been voted in favour of merging Caesars Acquisition Co with the parent. Caesars Acquisition investors agreed in a...
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Macau casino operator Wynn Macau Ltd reported total revenues of approximately US$1.10 billion in the second quarter of 2017, up 71.6 percent compared with nearly US$639.3 million in the prior-year quarter. Casino...
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U.S.-based Scientific Games Corp on Monday reported second quarter revenue of US$766.3 million, up by 5.1 percent from the prior-year period and above market expectations. The casino equipment maker and lottery services...
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Australia-listed casino investor Frontier Capital Group Ltd said on Monday that it is still seeking funds to meet the escrow requirements of the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp (Pagcor) with respect to the...
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