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Three more rubella cases found at StarWorld: Macau govt

Jun 24, 2019 Newsdesk Macau, Top of the deck

Three more staff members at StarWorld Hotel’s casino in Macau have been diagnosed with rubella, a disease also known as German measles, according to an update published by the city’s...

Wynn’s Encore Boston Harbor opens to public

Jun 24, 2019 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Top of the deck, World

The US$2.6-billion Encore Boston Harbor (pictured), near Boston, Massachusetts, the latest venue from casino operator Wynn Resorts Ltd, opened on Sunday. According to photographs carried on the...

Meg-Star launches VIP poker club at Macau Roosevelt

Jun 24, 2019 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Top of the deck

Macau junket investor Meg-Star Group says it launched on Friday a new VIP poker club at the casino inside the Macau Roosevelt Hotel in the city’s Taipa district. The poker room – dubbed “Poker...

Macau’s May visitor tally up 26pct year-on-year

Jun 21, 2019 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Top of the deck

Visitor arrivals to Macau totalled nearly 3.4 million in May 2019, up by 25.6 percent year-on-year. The pace of growth in same-day visitors to Macau that month was faster than that for overnight...

GLI Macau nod from American Assn for Lab Accreditation

Jun 21, 2019 Newsdesk Industry Talk, Latest News

Gaming Laboratories International (GLI) says its Macau operation is among its global laboratory business to be endorsed by the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) in relation to...

Wynn Resorts eyeing range of sites in Japan: CEO Maddox

Jun 21, 2019 Newsdesk Japan, Latest News, Top of the deck

Wynn Resorts Ltd chief executive Matt Maddox says the group has more than one location in mind for the casino complex it hopes to build and run in Japan. But it already has a consortium partnership...

IGT digital ops get responsible gaming certification

Jun 21, 2019 Newsdesk Latest News, Top of the deck, World

Casino gaming equipment supplier and lottery services company International Game Technology Plc (IGT) announced on Thursday that it has achieved responsible gaming accreditation for its IGT...

Gen Malaysia withdraws tax appeal, earnings seen lower

Jun 21, 2019 Newsdesk Latest News, Rest of Asia, Top of the deck

Genting Malaysia Bhd, operator of Resorts World Genting, has said that its board decided to withdraw a judicial review against a Malaysian government decision regarding some promised tax incentives...

Imp Pacific eyes Saipan online gambling if bill passed

Jun 21, 2019 Newsdesk Latest News, Top of the deck, World

Imperial Pacific International Holdings Ltd, the Hong Kong-listed promoter of a bricks and mortar casino resort on the Pacific Ocean island of Saipan, a United States jurisdiction, says it has...

Aristocrat installs Philippines’ ‘largest’ jackpot link: firm

Jun 21, 2019 Newsdesk Latest News, Trends & Tech

Australian slot-machine maker Aristocrat Leisure Ltd says it has installed what it described as the “largest link jackpot” in the Philippines. The firm said in a press release that the link...