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Guangdongers reporting stay home holidays 2019: research

Jun 20, 2019 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Top of the deck

A survey conducted by the Chinese government and publicised this week, suggests that residents of Guangdong province – the mainland jurisdiction nearest to Macau and Hong Kong – remain...

Sci Games chairman spends US$4.6mln on firm’s shares

Jun 20, 2019 Newsdesk Latest News, Top of the deck, World

Scientific Games Corp chairman Ronald Perelman has spent about US$4.60 million this week to acquire an aggregate of 230,000 shares in the company, according to separate filings with the U.S....

Macau key to Wynn stock despite Boston horizon: Nomura

Jun 20, 2019 Newsdesk Latest News, Top of the deck, World

Wynn Resorts Ltd’s Macau gaming venues will remain the key value driver of the firm’s stock, despite the imminent launch on Sunday of its Encore Boston Harbor casino complex in the United States....

Macau govt’s US$6bln via gaming tax to May 31 this year

Jun 20, 2019 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Top of the deck

Official figures indicate that the Macau government collected just over MOP48.36 billion (US$6.01 billion) in current-revenue terms from the local gaming industry in the first five months of 2019....

Lim Kok Thay pay cut offer symbolic gesture: analyst

Jun 20, 2019 Newsdesk Latest News, Rest of Asia, Top of the deck

The Wednesday offer of U.S.-dollar billionaire Lim Kok Thay, chairman of casino operator Genting Malaysia Bhd, to take a 20 percent cut on his cash compensation would make little practical difference...

Casino resort Ponte 16 hopes for new phase nod this year

Jun 19, 2019 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Top of the deck

Hong Kong-listed casino investor Success Universe Group Ltd hopes its construction plan for an extension of the waterfront casino resort complex Ponte 16 can be approved by the Macau government...

Casino labour group sees Macau regulator, seeks extra bonus

Jun 19, 2019 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Top of the deck

A Macau gaming labour group met on Tuesday the head of the city’s gaming regulator, and asked that the city’s government intercede with the local casino operators to get them to award a...

MBS to open HK Chinese eatery brand led by Michelin chef

Jun 19, 2019 Newsdesk Industry Talk, Latest News, Singapore, Top of the deck

The Marina Bay Sands (MBS) casino resort in Singapore is to open a branch of a popular contemporary Chinese restaurant brand with its roots in Hong Kong. Mott 32 (pictured) will launch at Las Vegas...

Boston too big to ditch: analyst open letter to Wynn CEO

Jun 19, 2019 Newsdesk Latest News, Top of the deck, World

A brokerage said in an open letter to Wynn Resorts Ltd chief executive Matt Maddox that it had learned “with dismay” about the recent talks with rival MGM Resorts International about possible...

GLI, AGEM philanthropy initiative donates to UNLV

Jun 19, 2019 Newsdesk Industry Talk, Latest News, World

Gaming technology testing service and consultancy Gaming Laboratories International LLC, known as GLI, has linked with gaming industry trade body the Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers...