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NUSTAR complex in Cebu slated to open 2022: UHRI

Apr 16, 2021 Newsdesk Latest News, Philippines, Top of the deck

The NUSTAR Resort and Casino in Cebu, in the Philippines, is scheduled to open in 2022, its promoter confirmed in an email reply to GGRAsia. The scheme is being developed by Philippines-based...

Bloomberry Quezon project in 2023, focus on preserving cash

Apr 16, 2021 Newsdesk Latest News, Philippines, Top of the deck

The boss of Philippine casino operator Bloomberry Resorts Corp has said that completion date of the group’s new casino project in Quezon City has been deferred to 2023, amid delays caused by...

Three Manila casinos say still shut despite eased lockdown

Apr 13, 2021 Newsdesk Latest News, Philippines, Top of the deck

Three of the major commercial casino operators in the Philippine capital, Manila, have confirmed in respective online statements, that all operations at the properties remain closed for now, despite...

Philippines needs AML reform on casino biz: IMF

Apr 12, 2021 Newsdesk Latest News, Philippines, Top of the deck

The Philippines will need to make further reforms to enhance its anti-money laundering (AML) and combatting the financing of terrorism (CFT) measures in relation to the country’s casino...

Manila quarantine easing to April 30, casinos shut for now

Apr 12, 2021 Newsdesk Latest News, Philippines, Top of the deck

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte decreed on Sunday that the Covid-19 countermeasures in Metro Manila (pictured) would be eased to so-called modified enhanced community quarantine from Monday...

Lockdown for Metro Manila extended until April 11

Apr 06, 2021 Newsdesk Latest News, Philippines, Top of the deck

Metro Manila (pictured in a file photo), home to the Entertainment City zone of large-scale private-sector Philippine casino resorts, will remain under lockdown – or enhanced community...

Razon vigorously to oppose GGAM New York suit: filing

Mar 31, 2021 Newsdesk Latest News, Philippines, Top of the deck, World

Philippine casino operator Bloomberry Resorts Corp has confirmed that the firm’s chairman and chief executive, Enrique Razon, and some of the group’s units have been sued in the U.S. District...

Pagcor confirms govt casinos also shut in Metro Manila

Mar 31, 2021 Newsdesk Latest News, Philippines, Top of the deck

The Philippine casino regulator has confirmed to GGRAsia that all casinos in the Metro Manila area (pictured) – public-sector as well as private-sector ones – have currently suspended gaming...

Okada Manila promoter ends land sale deal, seeks new buyers

Mar 31, 2021 Newsdesk Japan, Latest News, Philippines, Top of the deck

Japanese gaming conglomerate Universal Entertainment Corp says it has terminated a deal to sell a plot of land close to the Okada Manila casino resort (pictured) in the Philippine capital, Manila....

GGAM sues Razon, Bloomberry units in New York court

Mar 30, 2021 Newsdesk Latest News, Philippines, Top of the deck, World

A unit of United States-based Global Gaming Asset Management LLC (GGAM) has filed a lawsuit in New York, in the United States, against Enrique Razon (pictured), chairman and chief executive of...