Belle Corp, the landlord of the City of Dreams Manila casino resort (pictured) in the Philippines, has made a proposal for its expansion and has submitted the idea to the venue’s operator, Melco Resorts and Entertainment Ltd. So reported the Philippine Daily Inquirer newspaper on Tuesday, citing...
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U.S.-based Crane Co on Monday reported a 8.9-percent increase in net income for the three months ended March 31 compared with a year earlier. The company is a supplier of payment and...
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Electronic gaming machine maker Aruze Gaming America Inc says it has launched its new cabinet, Muso, at the National Indian Gaming Association trade show in Las Vegas, Nevada, in the United...
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April gross gaming revenue (GGR) in the Macau market is heading for year-on-year growth of between 20 percent and 21 percent, but “could surprise on the upside,” said a Monday note from brokerage Sanford C....
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Hong Kong-listed casino services firm Macau Legend Development Ltd has confirmed to GGRAsia it is aiming to invest US$300 million to US$500 million across “several projects” in the Southeast Asian country...
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Sands China Ltd is the fourth of Macau’s six casino operators to give an update in recent weeks on policy regarding use of so-called “clean energy” vehicles for its shuttle bus services for customers. The company...
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The number of visitor arrivals to Macau was up by 9.3 percent year-on-year in March, to just over 2.73 million. It meant that for the first quarter of 2018, the aggregate of arrivals rose 8.6 percent from a year...
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Macau’s Judiciary Police said on Friday that a male Macau resident had been detained for alleged involvement in giving false information designed to attract public subscribers to a cryptocurrency supposedly designed...
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Belle Corp, the landlord of the City of Dreams Manila casino resort (pictured) in the Philippines, has made a proposal for its expansion and has submitted the idea to the venue’s operator, Melco Resorts and...
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Net income at Belle Corp rose 9.6 percent in the first quarter, to nearly PHP857.5 million (US$16.4 million) from nearly PHP782. 5 million in the prior-year period, the firm said in a filing to the Philippine Stock...
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The Philippines’ gaming regulator, the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp (Pagcor), says it is “not aware” of a suggestion that a venture involving Macau casino operator Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd has...
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Macau casino operator Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd has reportedly shelved plans to develop a casino resort on the holiday island of Boracay in the Philippines, local media outlets reported on Tuesday quoting a...
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Bloomberry Resorts and Hotels Inc, a unit of Philippine casino investor Bloomberry Resorts Corp, has taken out a PHP73.5 billion (US$1.41 billion) loan with a syndicate of seven Philippine banks. A Wednesday filing by...
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Josephine Teo, Singapore’s second minister for Manpower and Home Affairs, said there needs to be greater consolidation of casino regulatory functions in the city-state, according to local media reports quoting the...
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Trading of shares in casino and casino cruise ship investor Genting Hong Kong Ltd via the Singapore Exchange was suspended with effect from 9am on Wednesday. The firm is delisting its shares from the Singaporean bourse...
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Casino operator Genting Singapore Plc plans to change its domicile from the Isle of Man, a jurisdiction regarded by financial institutions as an offshore tax haven, to Singapore, where it conducts its primary business....
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A unit of U.S. casino operator Las Vegas Sands Corp has amended and restated with banking partners certain term loans and revolving loans negotiated by the group for use by its Singapore casino resort, Marina Bay Sands...
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Genting Singapore Plc, the operator of Resorts World Sentosa casino resort (pictured), reported net profit of approximately SGD132.8 million (US$101 million) for the final quarter of 2017, down by 16.6 percent from the...
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The American Gaming Association (AGA), a co-organiser of Macau-based casino industry trade show and conference Global Gaming Expo (G2E) Asia, has convened a think tank on the issue of responsible gambling. The...
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The latest draft of Japan’s ruling coalition’s Integrated Resorts (IR) Implementation Bill does not include a requirement that only 3 percent of the total gross floor area of a resort could be allotted for gaming,...
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Banking group Morgan Stanley says the broad regulatory framework for Japan so far agreed between the governing coalition – the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito – was “better than feared”. “The revenue tax...
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Macau casino operator Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd has hired Ted Chan Ying Tat (pictured), a former senior executive of its Macau market rival Melco Resorts and Entertainment Ltd, as chief operating officer of its...
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A Macau-based marketing firm is to launch a programme to bring Japanese corporate executives to Macau so they can learn about the casino resort industry there. Japan is undertaking a lengthy series of steps toward...
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Hong Kong-listed casino services firm Macau Legend Development Ltd has confirmed to GGRAsia it is aiming to invest US$300 million to US$500 million across “several projects” in the Southeast Asian country...
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Cambodian casino operator NagaCorp Ltd has begun pile cap work for its casino resort in the Primorye Integrated Entertainment Zone near Vladivostok in the Russian Far East. That is according to a Friday press release by...
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Genting Singapore Plc, the operator of the Resorts World Sentosa casino resort (pictured), approved at its extraordinary general meeting on Tuesday a change of legal domicile for the company from the Isle of Man, to...
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Asian casino operator Donaco International Ltd says its Star Vegas Resort and Club operation at Poipet, Cambodia, “continues to rebuild”, and is “recovering from the damaging effect of the Thai vendor’s breaches...
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Gambling sales at South Korea’s foreigner-only casinos rose 15.9 percent year-on-year in the first two months of the year, reported Yonhap news agency, citing data from the Korea Casino Association. Such sales in...
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Elaine Wynn, now the largest shareholder in U.S.-based casino operator Wynn Resorts Ltd, is asking the firm’s shareholders to block the re-election of current board member John J. Hagenbuch. Mr Hagenbuch – who has...
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The high exposure of casino games maker Aristocrat Leisure Ltd to mobile gaming, and the firm’s diversified mobile game product portfolio, offers it a good opportunity to earn revenue from its assets in the...
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The American Gaming Association (AGA), a co-organiser of Macau-based casino industry trade show and conference Global Gaming Expo (G2E) Asia, has convened a think tank on the issue of responsible gambling. The...
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The board of U.S.-based casino operator Wynn Resorts Ltd has rejected a request by its largest shareholder, Elaine Wynn, to reopen the window in which shareholders can nominate directors. The decision was conveyed in a...
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The first woman to serve as White House press secretary during Democrat Bill Clinton’s first term as U.S. President is one of three women being added to the board of casino operator Wynn Resorts Ltd, the firm said in...
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