GGRAsia – Newsletter Special 3

HKZM Bridge tourism impact a slow burn: MGTO boss

Nov 14, 2018 Newsdesk Latest News, MGS Entertainment Show 2018

It will take “at least a month more” to observe what impact the recently-opened Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau (HKZM) Bridge might have in boosting the number of Macau-bound visitors, the head of the...

Macau junkets more capable now: DICJ boss

Nov 13, 2018 Newsdesk Latest News, MGS Entertainment Show 2018

Paulo Martins Chan (pictured), the director of Macau’s Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau – a body also known by its Portuguese acronym DICJ – says the junkets currently in the Macau...

IGT latest linked and standalone slots at MGS

Nov 13, 2018 Newsdesk Latest News, MGS Entertainment Show 2018

Casino equipment and gaming services provider International Game Technology Plc is showing linked, progressive-style slot machines and standalone slot products at its stand at the Macao Gaming Show,...

Update on casino licence refreshment this year: DICJ

May 16, 2018 Newsdesk G2E Asia 2018, Latest News, Macau

The head of Macau’s casino regulator reiterated on Wednesday that the city’s government plans to disclose details on the eventual refreshment of the existing gaming concessions later this year....

BMM Testlabs seeking to build Asian presence

May 15, 2018 Newsdesk G2E Asia 2018, Latest News

BMM International LLC, known as BMM Testlabs, is on the lookout for extra staff to keep up with growing demand for its services in Asia, says Kirk White, executive vice president and general manager,...

Spintec in talks to introduce multi-game system to Macau

May 15, 2018 Newsdesk G2E Asia 2018, Latest News

Casino gaming equipment supplier Spintec d.o.o. is in talks with operators to install its new multi-game system – branded Aura – in Macau, says regional sales manager Primož Krševan. “Now...

Aristocrat launches its first Korean-themed title

May 17, 2017 Newsdesk G2E Asia 2017, Latest News

Slot machine maker Aristocrat Leisure Ltd is displaying at the Global Gaming Expo (G2E) Asia trade show its new “5 Kings” game, which the firm says is its first Korean-themed product....

More regulation, transparency trend in Macau: Francis Lui

May 17, 2017 Newsdesk G2E Asia 2017, Latest News

The deputy chairman of Macau casino operator Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd, Francis Lui Yiu Tung, says the planned introduction of new customer verification technology at local automated teller...

Novomatic, Ainsworth sharing G2E Asia booth

May 16, 2017 Newsdesk G2E Asia 2017, Latest News

Austria-based gaming equipment maker Novomatic AG is sharing a stand with Australian slot machine maker Ainsworth Game Technology Ltd at this year’s Global Gaming Expo (G2E) Asia trade show. This...

Melco Crown Philippines posts loss

May 09, 2014 Newsdesk Latest News, Philippines

Melco Crown (Philippines) Resorts Corp made a loss of 970.1 million pesos (US$22.2 million) in the first quarter of this year, the company said in a statement today. That was an increase of 631.4...