The number of visitors arriving to Macau in May totalled 2.57 million, up 3.7 percent from the prior-year period, according to data released on Friday by the city’s Statistics and Census Service. The number of overnight visitors saw a 14.2-percent year-on-year increase to 1.38 million, whereas...
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The number of visitors arriving to Macau in May totalled 2.57 million, up 3.7 percent from the prior-year period, according to data released on Friday by the city’s Statistics and Census Service. The number of...
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SJM Holdings Ltd executive director Daisy Ho Chiu Fung has been granted a total of three million share options by the firm. The options entitle her to subscribe for a total of three million SJM Holdings ordinary shares....
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A private company that owns 34 percent equity in a casino project in Vietnam and is itself indirectly wholly owned by Macau junket investor Alvin Chau Cheok Wa (pictured), is likely to be acquired by a Hong Kong-listed...
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Macau’s Health Bureau is investigating claims that a gaming area at the Galaxy Macau casino resort, on Cotai, was in breach of Macau’s smoking control regulations. The inquiry concerns the alleged absence...
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Any introduction of a casino entry fee in the Philippines – as proposed by a lawmaker there – would have a significant negative impact on mass-market gambling, said the head of the Philippine Amusement and Gaming...
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The head of the Philippine casino regulator said on Wednesday that the operator of the Resorts World Manila resort has informed the country’s authorities it is ready to resume casino operations. The Philippine...
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The Asian Poker Tour (APT) has announced that the APT Philippines 2017, taking place from July 19 to 27, has been moved to the Winford Hotel and Casino. The tournament was originally scheduled to take place at Resorts...
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A senior Philippine lawmaker has warned that the chairman of Resorts World Manila’s operator risks a warrant being issued for his arrest if he fails to appear before a House of Representatives enquiry into a deadly...
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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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The junket business remains important to the Macau market and the recent growth in that segment is adding liquidity to the entire market, says a senior executive at Las Vegas Sands Corp. “We are happy to see the...
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Casino operator Genting Singapore Plc has been beating analysts’ expectations for the past two quarters but the firm is still lacking growth opportunities in the Singapore business, says brokerage Sanford C. Bernstein...
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Japan’s citizen number identification system could be utilised to monitor visits and frequency of visits to Japanese casinos by Japanese nationals and foreign nationals living in that country. The suggestion emerged...
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Japanese gaming conglomerate Universal Entertainment Corp has linked founder Kazuo Okada to two new alleged cases of “illegal activities”, announced the firm on Monday. The group had already announced on June 8 it...
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Japanese entrepreneur Kazuo Okada has been removed as chairman of Tiger Resort, Leisure and Entertainment Inc. The latter is the promoter of the Okada Manila casino resort in the Philippines. The information was...
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A note from banking group Morgan Stanley suggests the Japanese authorities appear to have ruled out the possibility of allowing a cluster of casino resorts similar to those found on the Las Vegas Strip, in Nevada’s...
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Hong Kong-listed Melco International Development Ltd has completed a merger exercise involving Entertainment Gaming Asia Inc, the latter company announced on Thursday in a press release. Melco International, through its...
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A private company that owns 34 percent equity in a casino project in Vietnam and is itself indirectly wholly owned by Macau junket investor Alvin Chau Cheok Wa (pictured), is likely to be acquired by a Hong Kong-listed...
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Ground preparation for Russia-based Diamond Fortune Holdings Ltd’s first casino resort in the Primorye Integrated Entertainment Zone is under way. That is according to a Monday news report published on the official...
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The Election Commission of Kinmen, based on an outlying island county of Taiwan, announced on Monday that a referendum would be held on October 28 for the residents of Kinmen to decide whether to allow a casino industry...
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Robert Rankin, who until January served as chairman of Crown Resorts Ltd, is now leaving the board of the Australian casino operator. Mr Rankin has resigned as a director of the company, Crown Resorts announced on...
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GameCo Inc, a U.S.-based developer and supplier of skill-based casino games, says it hopes to get Macau approval for its Video Game Gambling Machine (VGM) before the end of 2017. “We are hoping to be here [in the...
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The developer of a casino project on the Pacific island of Saipan is seeking to raise HKD46 million (US$5.9 million) net from a placing of convertible bonds for “phase one of the Saipan project and the general working...
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Nasdaq-listed Entertainment Gaming Asia Inc is to become privately owned. An entity called EGT Nevada Holding Inc announced on Wednesday that it and Hong Kong-listed Melco International Development Ltd, led by casino...
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