GGRAsia – Features

Macau lessons in Singapore casino biz revamp: experts

Apr 18, 2019 Newsdesk Features, Latest News, Macau, Singapore

Singapore’s thinking in extending the duopoly of its casino industry and that city-state’s decision to have incremental increases in its two-tier system for tax on gross gaming revenue...

Repeat visit data opens new doors for Macau: scholars

Jan 18, 2019 Newsdesk Features, Latest News, Macau

Data showing that the overall number of repeat visitors to Macau – defined as those returning within 12 months – had by November 30 already exceeded the same measure for customer...

Japan to remain key gaming story for 2019: observers

Jan 02, 2019 Newsdesk Features, Latest News, Top of the deck

Japan will remain the key Asian casino market to watch in 2019, even though it is unlikely to have any operating venues before 2025 at the earliest. Industry observers expect the country’s...

E-Sports and potential to bring millennials to casinos

Sep 19, 2018 Newsdesk Features, Latest News, Macau

Nowadays, millennials, people who were born in the 1980s or 1990s, are bringing new ideas to the age-old pursuit of playing games, including the sort offered by casinos. “E-Sports has developed...

Food and drink major non-gaming push: Macau casino ops

Aug 16, 2018 Newsdesk Features, Latest News, Macau

Food and drink have been heavily marketed as part of Macau casinos’ non-gaming operations in the past two years, and it has paid off for some via rising segmental revenues, according to...

Macau law needs revamp to allow more concessions: experts

Jun 27, 2018 Newsdesk Features, Latest News, Macau

Macau’s gaming law needs to be amended in order to account for the possibility of having more than six gaming licensees, the current number, after the present arrangements expire in either 2020 or...

APE looks to regional distribution, Macau servicing

Jun 25, 2018 Newsdesk Features, Latest News, Macau

Electronic casino game distributor Asia Pioneer Entertainment Ltd (APE) is looking to expand that business in the Asia-Pacific region, and develop further its maintenance and servicing operation in...

License Macau casinos by venue, not concession: Ma

Mar 06, 2018 Newsdesk Features, Latest News, Macau

A firm investing in one of Macau’s so-called satellite casinos is floating the idea of effectively ending the Macau government’s gaming concession system and moving to licensing by venue....

New dawn for Japan, Asia-Pacific casino biz in 2018?

Dec 29, 2017 Newsdesk Features, Latest News

It could be 2024 before a casino resort is opened in Japan, but a key goal prior to launch should be for the authorities to apply evidence-based, critical thinking regarding how to run and oversee...

Key 2017 moments for the Asia Pacific casino industry

Dec 27, 2017 Newsdesk Features, Latest News

The year 2017 could prove to have been a turning point in the development of Vietnam’s casino industry. In Macau, despite the VIP gambling segment being once again in the driving seat regarding...