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Sebastian Salat leaves WMS, Scientific Games

Sebastian Salat leaves WMS, Scientific Games

Jul 10, 2015 Industry Talk, Latest News, Top of the deck  

Sebastian Salat, president of WMS International at WMS Gaming Inc, has left the company effective June 30. WMS Gaming is a subsidiary of WMS Industries Inc, the latter a unit of Scientific Games...
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OpenBet links with Singapore Pools

OpenBet links with Singapore Pools

Jul 10, 2015 Industry Talk, Latest News, Singapore  

OpenBet Technologies Ltd, a U.K.-based software provider to the sports betting and gaming industry, has signed a seven-year contract with Singapore Pools Ltd to provide sports betting products and...
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Macau gaming 2Q EBITDA to drop 42-pct y-o-y: UBS

Macau gaming 2Q EBITDA to drop 42-pct y-o-y: UBS

Jul 10, 2015 Latest News, Macau, Top of the deck  

Macau’s casino sector is likely to post a 42-percent year-on-year decrease in earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) for the second quarter of 2015, suggests a...
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First-reading vote on Macau smoking ban delayed to Friday

First-reading vote on Macau smoking ban delayed to Friday

Jul 09, 2015 Latest News, Macau, Top of the deck  

A first-reading vote by Macau’s Legislative Assembly on a bill proposing a full smoking ban inside the city’s casinos has been postponed to Friday (July 10). That was after lawmakers were unable...
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Macau’s Louis XIII shifts language on launch date

Macau’s Louis XIII shifts language on launch date

Jul 09, 2015 Latest News, Macau, Top of the deck  

Hong Kong-listed Louis XIII Holdings Ltd has modified slightly the language it is using to talk about an opening date for its under-construction Macau casino hotel Louis XIII (pictured). In its...
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Caesars OpCo creditors in restructure talks: report

Caesars OpCo creditors in restructure talks: report

Jul 09, 2015 Latest News, Top of the deck, World  

Some high-profile creditors of Caesars Entertainment Operating Co Inc are reported to be in talks to clinch a restructuring deal. The firm – an operations unit of casino firm Caesars Entertainment...
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Jumbo Technology’s Long Dragon Baccarat 2.0 live in Macau

Jumbo Technology’s Long Dragon Baccarat 2.0 live in Macau

Jul 09, 2015 Latest News, Macau, Trends & Tech  

Taiwan-based Jumbo Technology Co Ltd is introducing its second generation, single terminal electronic gaming product Long Dragon Baccarat to the Macau casino market after gaining regulatory approval...
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S.Korea ‘a great opportunity’: Mohegan Sun president

S.Korea ‘a great opportunity’: Mohegan Sun president

Jul 09, 2015 Interviews, Latest News  

U.S. regional tribal casino operator Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, known as Mohegan Sun, says it is confident with the bid it submitted for a casino licence in South Korea, its first...
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G2E Asia 2015 had record number of visitors: Reed

G2E Asia 2015 had record number of visitors: Reed

Jul 09, 2015 Latest News, Macau, Top of the deck  

The 2015 edition of Global Gaming Expo Asia (G2E Asia) was the largest ever, measured by attendance, co-organiser Reed Exhibitions says. The event, held from May 19 to 21 at casino resort the...
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Macau Jockey Club eyes contract extension

Macau Jockey Club eyes contract extension

Jul 08, 2015 Latest News, Macau, Top of the deck  

The Macau Horse Racing Co Ltd, which runs the Macau Jockey Club, aims to have its monopoly on horse racing betting extended. The firm stated in its 2014 annual report, published Wednesday in...
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Pick of the Day

”This [VIP] expansion will bring us a critical opportunity to secure both physical infrastructure and high roller customers, enabling us to gain significant competitive advantage”

Choi Jong Hwan
Chief executive of casino operator Paradise Co