Japan’s Yokohama city concluded on Friday its request-for-proposal (RFP) submission period regarding commercial partners for its tilt at getting a casino complex or integrated resort (IR), as they are known in that country. The city (pictured) confirmed a submission from an already-qualified...
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Kristy Jo has been named as company secretary-elect at Australia-based slot machine maker Aristocrat Leisure Ltd. Until regulatory approval of Ms Jo’s appointment, Tracey Elkerton will...
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Malaysia’s Genting group is among investors that raised US$100 million for financial technology (fintech) firm Sightline Payments LLC, for tasks including the latter acquiring casino...
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Several Macau casino resort operators have started offering overnight accommodation in Macau to staff that usually need to commute daily from and to Zhuhai on the mainland. The arrangement follows tightened health...
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Macau casino operator MGM China Holdings Ltd is postponing by three months the launch of its resident dance drama “MGM Awakening Lion”. The launch of the show will now run from October 5 to October 10,...
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A Wednesday announcement by the Macau government that it was renewing, but on a non-exclusive basis, the rights of the city’s sports-betting concessionaire, Macau SLOT Co Ltd (an outlet pictured), could be a “signal...
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Fitch Ratings Inc has downgraded Universal Entertainment Corp’s long-term issuer default rating to ‘CCC+’ from ‘B’, on what it said were risks regarding the company’s liquidity,...
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A general community quarantine (GCQ) “with restrictions” will apply until June 15 to Metro Manila and some other areas, as a Covid-19 countermeasure, said President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday night. Metro Manila...
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Metro Manila casinos are “currently allowed to operate at limited capacity,” said the Philippine gaming regulator, in response to an enquiry from GGRAsia. The move followed an easing in Covid-19-related restrictions...
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The Singapore casino market during 2021 is likely to grow by 12 percent year-on-year in terms of gross gaming revenue (GGR), supported mostly by domestic demand, says a Wednesday report from brokerage Sanford C....
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The management of Genting Singapore Ltd, operator of the Resorts World Sentosa casino resort, said it has made corporate decisions based on its expectation of a “successful bid” for a Japan integrated resort...
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The chairman and chief executive of the parent firm of Macau casino operator Sands China Ltd said on Wednesday he was “disappointed” about the pace of recovery in the Macau gaming market, but understood the Macau...
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Japan’s Yokohama city concluded on Friday its request-for-proposal (RFP) submission period regarding commercial partners for its tilt at getting a casino complex or integrated resort (IR), as they are known in that...
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Canada-based private-equity management firm Clairvest Group Inc announced on Monday two new partners in its effort to develop an integrated resort (IR) in Japan’s Wakayama prefecture. They are French casino operator...
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The management of Genting Singapore Ltd, operator of the Resorts World Sentosa casino resort, said it has made corporate decisions based on its expectation of a “successful bid” for a Japan integrated resort...
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Kangwon Land, the only casino resort in South Korea permitted to offer bets to locals, is likely to be allowed soon to increase its maximum guest capacity for the casino floor, to 50 percent of normal levels. The move...
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A freshly-located foreigner-only casino opens today (Friday, June 11), at Jeju Dream Tower, a new resort located downtown in the capital of the South Korean holiday island of Jeju. Lawrence Teo, chief operating officer...
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Moody’s Investor Service Inc said on Monday it had affirmed a ‘B1’ rating on senior unsecured notes for NagaCorp Ltd, a casino operator in Cambodia. B1 is a non-investment grade rating. Moody’s said the...
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Malaysia’s Genting group is among investors that raised US$100 million for financial technology (fintech) firm Sightline Payments LLC, for tasks including the latter acquiring casino mobile application developer...
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The chairman and chief executive of the parent firm of Macau casino operator Sands China Ltd said on Wednesday he was “disappointed” about the pace of recovery in the Macau gaming market, but understood the Macau...
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Melco Cyprus, operator of the Cyprus Casinos (C2) properties, says it plans to open a casino-dealer school in the Republic of Cyprus. The firm is a venture between international casino operator Melco Resorts and...
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