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Macau Oct GGR at least to match 2017 monthly record

Oct 23, 2018 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Top of the deck

Several estimates by brokerages regarding Macau’s monthly casino gross gaming revenue (GGR) for October see a similar level or slight improvement over 2017′s year-high October data. In two...

Casino ops’ own shuttle from HKZM Bridge from Oct 24

Oct 23, 2018 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Top of the deck

A shuttle bus service jointly run by Macau’s six casino operators, to take people arriving at the Macau boundary checkpoint of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau (HKZM) Bridge to the two ferry terminals in...

Tighter control looms for streamed games in China: Spectrum

Oct 23, 2018 Newsdesk Latest News, Top of the deck, World

A new report by the Spectrum Gaming Group suggests that mainland Chinese authorities will ramp up their scrutiny of online gaming operations that attract its citizens, as streamed casino games are...

Retained earnings revamp in Melco Philippines tender idea

Oct 23, 2018 Newsdesk Latest News, Philippines, Top of the deck

The majority shareholder in Melco Resorts and Entertainment (Philippines) Corp is proposing a “quasi-reorganisation” relating to certain retained earnings, at conclusion of the tender offer to...

No problem with Boracay casino ban: Domingo aide

Oct 23, 2018 Newsdesk Latest News, Philippines, Top of the deck

A person described as an aide to the head of the Philippine gaming regulator has been indirectly quoted by local media as saying the body had no problem with a request from a government task force to...

Japan basic plan on gambling addiction in place by April

Oct 22, 2018 Newsdesk Japan, Latest News, Top of the deck

A so-called “basic plan” to tackle the public policy issue of gambling addiction in Japan is to be formulated and made subject to a resolution in cabinet by April next year, according to...

Another bus biz details Macau casino link via HKZM Bridge

Oct 22, 2018 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Top of the deck

Another licensed cross-border bus service – this one branded as “Hong Kong-Macau Express” – announced over the weekend a passenger service between Kowloon, Hong Kong and several Macau...

Prosecutors tweak graft case vs ex-Pagcor boss Genuino

Oct 22, 2018 Newsdesk Latest News, Philippines, Top of the deck

Prosecutors have asked the special court that tries official corruption in the Philippines, for permission to drop one of three graft charges prosecutors had filed against Efraim Genuino, the former...

Owner of CoD Manila operator drops delist plan

Oct 22, 2018 Newsdesk Latest News, Philippines, Top of the deck

The majority owner of Melco Resorts and Entertainment (Philippines) Corp, the operator of the City of Dreams casino resort in Manila (pictured), withdrew on Friday its petition for voluntary...

Beijing’s top man in Macau dies after reported fall

Oct 22, 2018 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Top of the deck

The most senior Chinese mainland official in Macau charged with witnessing the implementation of the ‘One country, two systems’ policy and the local efforts at economic diversification has died...