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Eric Persson quits Aruze to focus on own business

Eric Persson quits Aruze to focus on own business

Sep 21, 2018 Industry Talk, Latest News, Top of the deck  

Eric Persson says he is leaving maker of slot machines Aruze Gaming America Inc now that his company Maverick Casinos LLC and Nevada Gold and Casinos Inc have agreed to merge. Mr Persson is president...
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Throwaway plastic ban at MGM China eateries from 1Q 2019

Throwaway plastic ban at MGM China eateries from 1Q 2019

Sep 14, 2018 Industry Talk, Latest News  

Macau casino operator MGM China Holdings Ltd says it will stop using any single-use plastic products in its resorts’ restaurants from the first quarter of next year, in an effort to reduce...
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Street food festival for Macau’s Studio City

Street food festival for Macau’s Studio City

Sep 12, 2018 Industry Talk, Latest News, Macau  

The Michelin Guide has announced that this year it will hold its Michelin Guide Street Food Festival Macau in the Studio City casino resort (pictured). The publisher issued a written statement on...
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Sci Games, IGT drag down August’s AGEM Index

Sci Games, IGT drag down August’s AGEM Index

Sep 11, 2018 Industry Talk, Latest News  

The AGEM Index fell last month to 565.39 points, 7.76 percent less than the month before. The Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers (AGEM) says the index of prices of shares in makers of...
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Suncity’s VIP club gets higher quality certification

Suncity’s VIP club gets higher quality certification

Sep 07, 2018 Industry Talk, Latest News, Macau  

A VIP gaming club of Macau junket promoter Suncity Group has had its customer service quality certified by SGS SA, a testing laboratory business based in Switzerland. The Suncity VIP Club at...
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Melco Resorts appoints real estate, debt expert as director

Melco Resorts appoints real estate, debt expert as director

Sep 06, 2018 Industry Talk, Latest News  

Melco Resorts and Entertainment Ltd, an operator of casinos in Asia, says it has appointed Francesca Galante as an independent non-executive director. In a written announcement issued on Wednesday,...
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Sci Games appoints James Sottile as legal chief

Sci Games appoints James Sottile as legal chief

Sep 05, 2018 Industry Talk, Latest News  

Gaming technology provider Scientific Games Corp has named lawyer James Sottile (pictured) as its chief legal officer and executive vice president. Mr Sottile took up his posts on Tuesday, Scientific...
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Success Dragon share placement nets US$8.8mln

Success Dragon share placement nets US$8.8mln

Sep 05, 2018 Industry Talk, Latest News, Top of the deck  

Gaming services company Success Dragon International Holdings Ltd says it has completed its placing-out of 292.61 million shares to at least six investors at the price of HKD0.24 a share. The company...
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GTA’s Ross Ferrar to retire, Chris Muir new CEO

GTA’s Ross Ferrar to retire, Chris Muir new CEO

Aug 31, 2018 Industry Talk, Latest News, World  

Australia-based Gaming Technologies Association (GTA) announced on Friday that Ross Ferrar (pictured left) is retiring as the organisation’s chief executive, after serving the association for 17...
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AGE organiser reports record attendance in 2018

AGE organiser reports record attendance in 2018

Aug 30, 2018 Industry Talk, Latest News, World  

The latest edition of the Australasian Gaming Expo (AGE) set a new attendance record for the annual event, said a Thursday press release issued on behalf of the organiser, the Gaming Technologies...
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”Assuming that our [Tigre de Cristal] phase two project and the other future operators’ development plans remain on track, we may see the benefits of a ‘cluster’ effect [in the Primorye Integrated Entertainment Zone] as early as 2021”

Summit Ascent, lead developer of Tigre de Cristal