GGRAsia – Singapore

Carded players, annual levy users only at Singapore casinos

Mar 26, 2020 Newsdesk Latest News, Singapore, Top of the deck

Singapore casino complex Resorts World Sentosa (pictured) – owned by Genting Singapore Ltd – announced on Thursday that access to its casino is to be limited to existing Genting Rewards...

Singapore bans foreigner short visas, transit from Tuesday

Mar 23, 2020 Newsdesk Latest News, Singapore, Top of the deck

The Singaporean authorities are banning from the city-state all foreigners who would otherwise be entitled either to short-term visitor visas or the right to transit via Singapore. The ban takes...

Singapore’s MBS restricts gaming amid virus alert

Mar 19, 2020 Newsdesk Latest News, Singapore, Top of the deck

The operator of Singapore casino resort Marina Bay Sands (pictured) has introduced social distancing and crowd control measures at its gaming venue in response to the threat posed...

Moody’s has LVS, Sands China on downgrade watch

Mar 19, 2020 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Singapore, Top of the deck

Moody’s Investors Service Inc says it has placed United States-based casino operator Las Vegas Sands Corp (LVS) and the latter’s circa 70-percent-owned Macau unit Sands China Ltd under...

GEN Singapore pay cuts at senior level amid virus woe

Mar 18, 2020 Newsdesk Latest News, Singapore, Top of the deck

Genting Singapore Ltd, operator of the Resorts World Sentosa casino resort (pictured) in Singapore, announced on Tuesday a raft of pay cuts for staff at managerial level or above, due to the...

GEN Singapore says its Japan focus now Yokohama

Feb 25, 2020 Newsdesk Japan, Latest News, Singapore, Top of the deck

Genting Singapore Ltd, operator of the Resorts World Sentosa casino complex in Singapore, confirmed to GGRAsia that it would “focus efforts and resources” on the port city of Yokohama regarding...

Singapore budget no material impact on casinos: Maybank

Feb 19, 2020 Newsdesk Latest News, Singapore, Top of the deck

Singapore’s government budget for 2020 – officially unveiled on Tuesday – is unlikely to have a material impact on the finances of the city’s two casinos. That is according to a note from...

GEN Singapore eyes Japan consortium by Sept-Oct

Feb 13, 2020 Newsdesk Japan, Latest News, Singapore, Top of the deck

The management of casino operator Genting Singapore Ltd says it is “in the process of exploring partners” in pursuit of a casino resort project in Japan. The company reportedly stated it hopes to...

GEN Singapore pessimistic on 1H2020, 2019 profit down

Feb 12, 2020 Newsdesk Coronavirus Crisis, Latest News, Singapore, Top of the deck

Genting Singapore Ltd, the operator of the Resorts World Sentosa casino resort (pictured) in Singapore, said in a filing on Wednesday it was “generally pessimistic about the outlook for the first...

Resorts World Sentosa worker infected with coronavirus

Feb 12, 2020 Newsdesk Coronavirus Crisis, Latest News, Singapore, Top of the deck

A worker at the casino in Resorts World Sentosa has been confirmed as infected with the novel coronavirus, a disease now officially known as Covid-19, said on Tuesday the health authorities in...