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GigaMedia launches Asia-facing social casino platform

GigaMedia launches Asia-facing social casino platform

Oct 02, 2014 Latest News, Trends & Tech  

Taiwan-based online gaming supplier GigaMedia Ltd has launched its first Asia-facing casino platform. Launched in Taiwan, Fortune888.com.tw (pictured) is an open platform that aims to create a new...
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LVS interested in New Jersey licence: Adelson

LVS interested in New Jersey licence: Adelson

Oct 02, 2014 Latest News, World  

Casino developer Sheldon Adelson (pictured), who has always steered clear of the Atlantic City, New Jersey market, on Wednesday said he is interested in bidding for a site in Meadowlands just south...
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Slot firms better at serving global industry: Patti Hart

Slot firms better at serving global industry: Patti Hart

Oct 02, 2014 Industry Talk, Latest News  

The slot technology industry – much of it originally from the U.S. – is getting better at serving multiple markets around the world, said Patti Hart (pictured, centre right), chief executive of...
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M&A a duty to shareholders: Aristocrat CEO

M&A a duty to shareholders: Aristocrat CEO

Oct 02, 2014 Industry Talk, Latest News  

Jamie Odell (pictured), chief executive of Australian slot machine maker Aristocrat Leisure Ltd, on Wednesday said it was “responsible” of gaming technology suppliers to consider consolidation in...
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GTech to buy back up to 9.5 pct of its capital

GTech to buy back up to 9.5 pct of its capital

Oct 02, 2014 Industry Talk, Latest News, Top of the deck  

GTech SpA, an Italian commercial lottery operator and provider of gaming technology, announced on Wednesday a share repurchase programme for up to 9.5 percent of the company’s capital. GTech is...
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Genting obvious frontrunner for New York licence: Maybank

Genting obvious frontrunner for New York licence: Maybank

Oct 01, 2014 Latest News, Top of the deck, World  

Casino operator Genting Malaysia Bhd is the “obvious frontrunner” to win at least one upstate New York casino licence, said Maybank Investment Bank Bhd. “We are increasingly convinced that...
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Only 12 Macau gaming venues have smoking lounges ready

Only 12 Macau gaming venues have smoking lounges ready

Oct 01, 2014 Latest News, Macau, Top of the deck  

Only 12 of Macau’s casinos and slot-machine parlours have already completed the construction of smoking lounges on their mass floors, Health Bureau director Lei Chin Ion (pictured) said on...
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Travellers’ Bayshore City casino resort breaks ground

Travellers’ Bayshore City casino resort breaks ground

Oct 01, 2014 Latest News, Philippines, Top of the deck  

Philippine-based Travellers International Hotel Group Inc broke ground on its second casino resort, the US$1.1 billion Bayshore City Resorts World. The completion of the scheme is targeted for the...
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China’s anti-corruption scrutiny may ramp up: Wells Fargo

China’s anti-corruption scrutiny may ramp up: Wells Fargo

Oct 01, 2014 Latest News, Macau, Rest of Asia, Top of the deck  

Shares of U.S.-based casino operators with a presence in Macau, including Las Vegas Sands Corp, MGM Resorts International and Wynn Resorts Ltd, went up on Tuesday likely because of a report by...
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Aristocrat completes sale of lottery business to Playtech

Aristocrat completes sale of lottery business to Playtech

Oct 01, 2014 Industry Talk, Latest News  

Australian slot machine maker Aristocrat Leisure Ltd has completed the sale of its lottery business to online gaming software supplier Playtech Plc. The announcement was made in a filing on Tuesday...
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165.963

Total number of visitor arrivals to Macau on Wednesday, the second day of the holiday season commonly called 'October Golden Week'