GGRAsia – Singapore

Marina Bay Sands Covid-19 cluster grows to 40 cases

Jul 28, 2021 Newsdesk Latest News, Singapore, Top of the deck

Health authorities in Singapore have added five confirmed cases of Covid-19 to a cluster of infections linked to the casino at the Marina Bay Sands resort, it was announced on Tuesday. As of that...

Seven Covid-19 cases added to MBS cluster, total now 32

Jul 26, 2021 Newsdesk Latest News, Singapore, Top of the deck

Health authorities in Singapore have added seven confirmed cases of Covid-19 to a cluster of infections linked to the casino at the Marina Bay Sands resort, it was announced on Sunday. As of that...

Reduced capacity at RWS casino to stay in place until Aug 18

Jul 23, 2021 Newsdesk Latest News, Singapore, Top of the deck

Singapore casino complex Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) is to maintain “reduced guest capacity” for its gaming operations until August 18. Capacity restrictions will also apply to a number...

No talks yet with Macau govt on concession extension: Sands

Jul 22, 2021 Newsdesk Japan, Latest News, Macau, Singapore, Top of the deck

The Macau government has yet to approach local casino operator Sands China Ltd to discuss with the firm a potential extension of the latter’s gaming concession. That is according to Sands China...

MBS casino closes until August 5 due to Covid-19 cluster

Jul 22, 2021 Newsdesk Latest News, Singapore, Top of the deck

The Marina Bay Sands (MBS) casino resort (pictured) in Singapore said in a statement it was “temporarily closing” its casino for “deep cleaning” with effect from 6am today (Thursday, July...

Sands China posts first y-o-y revenue increase in 2 years

Jul 22, 2021 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Singapore, Top of the deck

United States-based gaming group Las Vegas Sands Corp says the net revenues of its Macau unit grew more than 18-fold in the second quarter of 2021 from a year earlier, mostly due it said, to a...

Yibing Mao joins Las Vegas Sands board

Jul 21, 2021 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Singapore, Top of the deck, World

Las Vegas Sands Corp, parent of Macau casino operator Sands China Ltd, said in a Tuesday filing in the United States that it had appointed Yibing Mao as a member of the parent group’s board, with...

Genting ship back to Singapore as voyager Covid-19 positive

Jul 14, 2021 Newsdesk Latest News, Singapore, Top of the deck

A Genting-brand casino cruise ship on a circular trip to offshore waters has returned to Singapore after a passenger tested positive for evidence of Covid-19 infection, according to media reports....

Macau 2021 GGR to reach half of 2019 figure: brokerage

Jul 13, 2021 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Singapore, Top of the deck

Brokerage Sanford C. Bernstein Ltd is estimating 2021 casino gross gaming revenue (GGR) in Macau to rebound by 144 percent compared to 2020, which would be about 50 percent of 2019, i.e., the trading...

LVS wants to invest in digital gaming tech, focus on B2B

Jul 13, 2021 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Singapore, Top of the deck, World

International casino group Las Vegas Sands Corp wants to become “a strategic investor in digital gaming technologies,” said the firm in a release on Monday. The push – to be “focused...