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Nüwa CoD Macau reopening delayed beyond Feb 8

Jan 26, 2021 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Top of the deck

Telephone enquiries about room bookings for the revamped Nüwa hotel at the City of Dreams (CoD) casino resort in Macau met on Monday several responses, including that the hotel’s relaunch had been...

Crane affirms 1Q dividend, reports 4Q 2020 profit

Jan 26, 2021 Newsdesk Latest News, Top of the deck, World

Crane Co, a conglomerate supplying payment-processing technology and other services to consumer industries including the casino sector, confirmed in a Monday press release that, notwithstanding the...

Macau CNY biz hit by mainland virus cases: analysts

Jan 26, 2021 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Top of the deck

Chinese New Year (CNY) tourism to Macau from mainland China is likely to be “soft”, says brokerage Sanford C. Bernstein Ltd, due to a combination of consumer concerns about Covid-19 infections on...

TCS John Huxley installs Blaze products at Okada Manila

Jan 26, 2021 Newsdesk Industry Talk, Latest News, Philippines

United Kingdom-based gaming equipment maker TCS John Huxley Ltd says it has completed the installation of several products of its Blaze LED casino technology range at the Okada Manila gaming resort...

Hoiana official opening scheduled for 2H 2021: UBS

Jan 25, 2021 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Philippines, Rest of Asia, Top of the deck

Brokerage UBS Securities Asia Ltd says in a recent note that the official opening for the Hoiana resort (pictured in an artist’s rendering), a Vietnam casino complex, is now planned for the second...

Philippines to add POGOs to AML law to avoid FATF grey list

Jan 25, 2021 Newsdesk Latest News, Philippines, Top of the deck

The Philippine Senate (pictured) and House of Representatives have respectively approved amendments to the country’s Anti- Money Laundering Act, known as the AMLA, adding Philippine Offshore Gaming...

Okada Manila warns against online casino, sale rumours

Jan 25, 2021 Newsdesk Latest News, Philippines, Top of the deck

The Okada Manila casino resort (pictured) in the Philippine capital has issued separate advisory notices warning respectively of unauthorised parties operating an “online casino” using the...

CNY daily visit average could be down versus Xmas: MGTO

Jan 25, 2021 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Top of the deck

Macau could see on average per day, a lower visitor-arrival tally during the upcoming February Chinese New Year break, when compared to the Christmas-holiday daily average in the December 23 to 27...

Casino op Silver Heritage gets new board of directors

Jan 25, 2021 Newsdesk Latest News, Rest of Asia, Top of the deck, World

The administrators of Australia-listed casino operator Silver Heritage Group Ltd said in a Friday filing that they had “returned” control of the company to a new slate of directors, following the...

Digital yuan eventually for Macau mass bets mulls Bernstein

Jan 22, 2021 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Top of the deck

Were China’s central government-backed digital yuan (CNY) to be adopted in Macau for casino chip transactions, it could in the long run benefit mass and premium-mass play, as cross-border money...