Macau gaming operator Melco Resorts and Entertainment Ltd was granted 40 new-to-market mass gaming live-dealer tables at the start of this month. The news was given in an emailed reply from the local regulator, the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau – also known by its Portuguese acronym...
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MGM Resorts International, a United States-based operator of casinos both there and in Asia, has appointed a new director: Corvex Management LP managing partner and chief investment officer...
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The European Committee for Standardisation has turned to Mark Pace, managing director of the European branch of the Gaming Standards Association (GSA), to lead the creation of a set of...
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Macau gaming operator Melco Resorts and Entertainment Ltd was granted 40 new-to-market mass gaming live-dealer tables at the start of this month. The news was given in an emailed reply from the local regulator, the...
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Macau casino operator Sands China Ltd announced on Friday the payment of a discretionary bonus – equivalent to one month’s pay – to all of its eligible employees. The bonus will be paid on January 31, “in...
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Macau’s gaming operators filed 2,087 reports of suspicious transactions to the city’s Financial Intelligence Office last year – roughly on par with the previous year’s volume of reports. In 2017, the city’s...
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Japanese billionaire entrepreneur Kazuo Okada (pictured in a file photo) has requested the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) to block an operation paving the way for the backdoor listing of shares in the company that...
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Japanese gaming company Universal Entertainment Corp says its Okada Manila casino resort (pictured) in the Philippines recorded adjusted segmental earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation...
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Asian casino developer Melco Resorts and Entertainment Ltd announced on Thursday a bonus for its eligible non-management employees. The company said a “one-month discretionary bonus” would be paid to “all eligible...
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Maybank Kim Eng, the investment bank in the Malayan Banking Bhd group, sees a greater potential for growth in gross gaming revenue (GGR) among Singapore’s VIP gamblers than it does for the same market segment in...
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Official data indicate that Singapore welcomed almost 15.5 million foreign visitors in the first 10 months of this year, 7.14 percent more than in the corresponding period last year. Figures compiled by the Singapore...
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The coordinated arrangements for supervising Singapore’s casino resorts are working well, a Casino Regulatory Authority (CRA) official has told an international conference. The authority posted on its website a...
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A former controlling partner in what was the Grand Waldo hotel and casino in Macau has signed – via a subsidiary – a memorandum of understanding to develop a so-called integrated resort or “IR” in a provincial...
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Osaka prefecture and city will start this spring the process of selecting commercial partners in its effort to host one of Japan’s first casino resorts. That is according to comments by Ichiro Matsui, Osaka’s...
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An executive of United States-based casino group Caesars Entertainment Corp has told GGRAsia the firm has responded to a “formal request for information” (RFI) by the authorities in Tomakomai city (pictured)...
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The casino at Corona Resort and Casino, on Phu Quoc island, is to open on Saturday, confirmed to GGRAsia the entity managing gaming at the venue. The source added that the casino would be the first in Vietnam to allow...
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SuzoHapp Group, a supplier of cash handling systems, and Castles Technology International Corp of Taiwan, a manufacturer of payment hardware, will collaborate in developing and selling terminals that accept payments in...
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The creation of an entertainment area encompassing several casino resorts is a “very important” step to boost tourism numbers in Primorsky Krai in the Russian Far East, said Konstantin Shestakov (pictured), director...
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The European Committee for Standardisation has turned to Mark Pace, managing director of the European branch of the Gaming Standards Association (GSA), to lead the creation of a set of standards for reporting online...
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Malaysian casino firm Genting Bhd said in a Friday filing one of its units had been granted – the previous day – more time by a court in Nevada in the United States to respond to a December 21 lawsuit. The suit from...
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The monthly AGEM Index of prices of shares in 14 important international suppliers of gaming machines declined last month to 402.51 points, 41.73 points or 9.4 percent less than the month before. Compared to December...
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