Sep 22, 2023
A number of hotel properties at Macau casino resorts has already sold all or most of the rooms that are available on the open market, for most nights of the upcoming autumn Golden Week holiday period. That is according to GGRAsia’s checks of the hotels’ respective official booking engines. As...Sep 22, 2023
The International Gaming Standards Association (IGSA), a specialist technical advisor regarding electronic gaming machine technology and digital infrastructure for the casino and betting...Sep 13, 2023
FBM, a maker of casino slot machines and an international specialist in electronic bingo machines, says it plans to launch a new casino slot-machine cabinet model during Global Gaming Expo...Sep 22, 2023
A number of hotel properties at Macau casino resorts has already sold all or most of the rooms that are available on the open market, for most nights of the upcoming autumn Golden Week holiday period. That is according...Sep 22, 2023
As a GGRAsia snapshot survey of booking engines for hotels within Macau casino resorts indicates very little spare accommodation for the upcoming autumn Golden Week, a number of industry commentators say that could be a...Sep 22, 2023
The Philippines needs to “exert more diligence” in ensuring “strict enforcement” of anti-money laundering (AML) controls in casino operations, says a national lawmaker. House of Representatives member Ruwel...Sep 21, 2023
A majority of members from the Committee on Ways and Means in the Philippine Senate has signed a report recommending the shutdown of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) within three months. Ten of the 18...Sep 19, 2023
The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp (Pagcor), the country’s gaming regulator, says it has partnered with the Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP), in order to push forward with the sale of its casinos and...Sep 19, 2023
Philippine-listed Premium Leisure Corp says it has achieved “excellent” results in the first eight months of 2023, “particularly in its casino and lottery businesses”. That is according to a press release...Sep 11, 2023
The tally of visitor arrivals to Singapore in August fell by 7.8 percent month-on-month, according to the latest monthly statistics published by the Singapore Tourism Board (STB). Mainland China was – for a...Aug 22, 2023
The parent of Singapore casino resort Marina Bay Sands (MBS) says its expects costs of an expansion project agreed with the country’s authorities in April 2019 will “materially exceed” the SGD4.5 billion...Aug 16, 2023
China was Singapore’s largest single source of visitor arrivals in July, with the city-state’s monthly tally of mainland China tourists more than doubling compared to June. That is according to visitor statistics...Sep 20, 2023
The estimated initial cost to the authorities in Osaka, Japan, for work to counter the risk of liquefaction to the land where an integrated resort (IR) with casino is to stand, has been reduced by 37.8 percent, to...Sep 15, 2023
Japan’s National Police Agency will widen the scope of its anonymous crime reporting system from October 1 to include tips on operators of illegal gambling websites. The move comes as the National Police Agency...Sep 13, 2023
A delegation from the Japan Casino Regulatory Commission met on August 28 with members from the Nevada Gaming Control Board. The latter is one of the gaming regulators in the state of Nevada, in the United States, home...Sep 22, 2023
Construction of the Inspire Entertainment Resort, a complex at Incheon, South Korea, was “approximately 97 percent” completed at the end of August, according to its promoter, Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority....Sep 21, 2023
Fitch Ratings Inc has affirmed the long-term issuer default rating of casino operator Genting Malaysia Bhd at ‘BBB’, an investment grade, according to a memo published on Wednesday. The ratings agency said the...Sep 14, 2023
The top security officials respectively of China and Vietnam have on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on bilateral cooperation in combatting “cross-border gambling” activities, reported China’s...Sep 18, 2023
Analysts at brokerage JP Morgan Securities LLC say they believe that “some form” of gaming regulation in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) might be “released before the end of the year”. “We view the...Sep 12, 2023
Bill Hornbuckle, chief executive and president of casino resort developer and operator MGM Resorts International, has told an investment event the firm believes it can to be authorised to operate a casino in the United...Sep 11, 2023
The recent resumption by authorities in the state of New York, in the United States, of a process to grant three downstate commercial casino licences, and new developments regarding a potential casino under the Mashpee...(Click here for more)
MGM: analysts eye
effects of cyberattacks
Associated Press Sept 21
BI arrests Chinese national wanted
in China for illegal gambling
Philippine Inquirer Sept 21
'Social engineering' a powerful
tool in cyberattacks: experts
Las Vegas Review-Journal Sept 20
”This year, so far, we will be starting [revamp] work at Grand Hyatt; then, we are looking at Countdown, and afterwards we will look at Altira and others”
Lawrence Ho
Chairman and chief executive of Melco Resorts