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Former owner of Macau’s Grand Waldo in Japan casino bid

Jan 17, 2019 Newsdesk Japan, Latest News, Macau, Top of the deck

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...

Bullish Osaka to start IR partner search in spring

Jan 16, 2019 Newsdesk Japan, Latest News, Top of the deck

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...

Caesars answers Tomakomai request for IR plan info

Jan 14, 2019 Newsdesk Japan, Latest News, Top of the deck

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...

Hard Rock offers detail on proposed Hokkaido project

Jan 14, 2019 Newsdesk Japan, Latest News, Top of the deck

International casino operator Hard Rock International Inc has given further detail on its proposal to develop a casino resort in the city of Tomakomai, on the Japanese island of Hokkaido, the latter...

Japan’s Universal Ent starts US$19mln share buy-back

Jan 10, 2019 Newsdesk Japan, Latest News, Top of the deck

Japanese gaming company Universal Entertainment Corp has started buying back 600,000 of its shares worth JPY2 billion (US$18.53 million). The company told the Jasdaq Securities Exchange on Wednesday...

Japan’s Kamori Kanko proposes casino project for Hokkaido

Jan 10, 2019 Newsdesk Japan, Latest News, Top of the deck

Japan-based tourism and hospitality firm Kamori Kanko Co Ltd is proposing to develop a casino resort in the Japanese island of Hokkaido, a popular tourism destination. The firm said in a press...

Imperial Pacific to host Japan poker event on Saipan

Jan 08, 2019 Newsdesk Industry Talk, Japan, Latest News, Rest of Asia, World

The All Japan Poker Championship (AJPC) Asian Circuit is to include this year – for the first time – a poker competition on the western Pacific island of Saipan. The competition is to be...

Philippine court orders arrest of Kazuo Okada: reports

Jan 07, 2019 Newsdesk Japan, Latest News, Philippines, Top of the deck

A court in the Philippines ordered on Friday the arrest of Japanese billionaire entrepreneur Kazuo Okada (pictured) for allegedly misappropriating more than US$3 million from Tiger Resort, Leisure...

Hot and cold: the Asia Pacific casino biz 2018

Dec 31, 2018 Newsdesk Japan, Latest News, Macau, Philippines, Rest of Asia, Top of the deck

A second-stage statute, passed in July, for legalisation of a Japanese industry for casino gambling was one of the biggest pieces of gaming-sector news during 2018, but it made little immediate...

Japan suitor MGM Resorts boosts credit pipeline

Dec 28, 2018 Newsdesk Japan, Latest News, Top of the deck, World

Casino operator MGM Resorts International says it has completed arrangements that will see it borrow more money for longer. The United States-based firm issued a written statement on Thursday that...