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Pagcor mulls pure regulator role via US$1.5bln casinos sale

Mar 21, 2023 Newsdesk Latest News, Philippines, Top of the deck

The Philippines is looking to raise circa PHP80 billion (US$1.47 billion) from the sale of its network of small, state-owned casinos, said on Tuesday the head of the country’s regulator the...

Macau ops getting overseas visitors via private jets: report

Mar 21, 2023 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Top of the deck

Several Macau casino operators have been getting “foreign visitors” arriving via private jets as the companies have been “more keen” on expanding visitor sources beyond the Chinese mainland,...

Universal Ent counterclaims are desperate: 26 Capital

Mar 21, 2023 Newsdesk Latest News, Philippines, Top of the deck

United States-listed 26 Capital Acquisition Corp says it is pursuing legal action against four entities linked to Japanese conglomerate Universal Entertainment Corp because they “were not honouring...

Nagasaki governor says Credit Suisse sale may affect IR plan

Mar 21, 2023 Newsdesk Japan, Latest News, Top of the deck

Nagasaki governor Kengo Oishi, who last year described Credit Suisse Group AG as one of several potential “financial arrangers” for a proposed casino resort project within that Japanese...

Hann Casino says taps underserved Manila rich, foreigners

Mar 21, 2023 Newsdesk Latest News, Philippines, Top of the deck

Daesik Han, president and chief executive of Hann Resorts, the master brand of Hann Casino and Hann Reserve leisure schemes at Clark in the Philippines, has told GGRAsia he is “optimistic” about...

SJM Holdings to sponsor Macao Golf Open for next 3 years

Mar 21, 2023 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Top of the deck

Macau casino operator SJM Resorts Ltd, part of Hong Kong-listed SJM Holdings Ltd, is to become the title sponsor of the Macao Golf Open for the next three years, it was announced on Monday. No...

Nagasaki says Credit Suisse woes not to impact IR plan

Mar 20, 2023 Newsdesk Japan, Latest News, Top of the deck

Credit Suisse Group AG, described last year by Nagasaki governor Kengo Oishi as one of several potential “financial arrangers” for a proposed casino resort project within that Japanese prefecture...

Macau GGR for March 1 to 19 at US$845mln: JP Morgan

Mar 20, 2023 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Top of the deck

Brokerage JP Morgan Securities (Asia Pacific) Ltd estimates – based on its own checks – that casino gross gaming revenue (GGR) in Macau for the first 19 days of March reached MOP6.80 billion...

Let’s Win hosts grand opening for club at Hoiana in Vietnam

Mar 20, 2023 Newsdesk Latest News, Rest of Asia, Top of the deck

An entity called Let’s Win Group is hosting a “grand opening ceremony” for what it terms a “club” in the Hoiana Resort & Golf property in Vietnam’s Quang Nam province. The venue had...

US$165mln syndicated loan for Hann Reserve, says promoter

Mar 20, 2023 Newsdesk Latest News, Philippines, Top of the deck

Hann Philippines Inc said in a social media posting that it had signed a PHP9-billion (US$164.6-million) syndicated term loan agreement with Asia United Bank Corp and Union Bank of the Philippines...