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The Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG) recognised the “improvement” in the role of Macau’s casino regulator, the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau – a body also known as...Apr 08, 2022 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Top of the deck
Fitch Ratings Inc says it expects Macau’s gross gaming revenue (GGR) this year to be “about 44 percent of its pre-pandemic level”. The latter is understood to be a reference to 2019, before...Apr 06, 2022 Newsdesk Latest News, Philippines, Top of the deck
The operator of the Okada Manila casino resort, in the Philippine capital, says a new gaming space catering to its “top-tier” patrons is the country’s “first and only VIP slot area”. The...Apr 06, 2022 Newsdesk Latest News, Rest of Asia, Top of the deck
Casino operator NagaCorp Ltd has appointed three additional people designated simultaneously in a chief executive role. The three are sons of the founder Chen Lip Keong, who is being redesignated as...Apr 01, 2022 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Top of the deck
Macau’s licensed promoters for VIP gambling, also known as junkets, are likely in future to be purely agents, introducing players to the city’s casinos, with those venues then managing such...Mar 31, 2022 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Top of the deck
Currently, there are 37 gaming promoters – entities commonly known as junkets – that “are operating” in the Macau market, said the city’s gaming regulatory boss, Adriano Marques Ho, in a...Mar 30, 2022 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Rest of Asia, Top of the deck
Macau “used to be the gaming mecca in Asia, with VIP gaming as a major source of gross gaming revenue [GGR]” says a firm linked to Macau casino junket investor Alvin Chau Cheok Wa. But Suncity...Mar 29, 2022 Newsdesk Japan, Latest News, Top of the deck
Osaka City Council in Japan has given its approval for the local government to apply to the national authorities for the right to host an integrated resort (IR) in that community. The decision was...Mar 29, 2022 Newsdesk Latest News, Top of the deck, World
Investment firm Blackstone Inc has overcome an important regulatory hurdle in its effort to acquire all the shares of Australian casino operator Crown Resorts Ltd in a deal that values the gaming...Mar 25, 2022 Newsdesk Latest News, Philippines, Top of the deck
A unit of junket brand Suncity Group, and its founder Alvin Chau Cheok Wa, have been declared “unsuitable to hold any authority/licence to operate a junket business in the Philippines”. That is...Apr 05, 2024
Lee Kang-in’s confident performance for Paris Saint-Germain, one of the greatest football clubs on the European continent, is earning recognition from fans worldwide. The French giant has numerous partnerships, including with the global bookmaker 1xBet, which is the club’s official...Bell launches broadside at lack
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”I think that we have at least several years of lead in the implementation [of smart tables] and also [being able to] take advantage of this technology to execute various programmes”
Hubert Wang
President and chief operating officer of MGM China