GGRAsia – Newsletter

MGS show promoters flag change to branding in Chinese

Sep 24, 2018 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Top of the deck

The Macau-produced casino industry trade exhibition and conference known as MGS Entertainment Show, has adopted a new name in Chinese for this year’s edition. In that language it is being...

Visitor arrivals to Macau up by nearly 19 pct in Aug

Sep 24, 2018 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Top of the deck

Visitor arrivals to Macau numbered 3.40 million in August, up by 18.7 percent year-on-year, data from the city’s Statistics and Census Service showed on Monday. The expansion rate in the August...

Ainsworth’s Gladstone to quit as CEO, staying with firm

Sep 24, 2018 Newsdesk Industry Talk, Latest News, Top of the deck, World

Ainsworth Game Technology Ltd has announced its chief executive Danny Gladstone (pictured) will relinquish the post after June 30 next year. The Australian maker of slot machines told the Australian...

600 smoking lounge requests expected, 233 in: Macau govt

Sep 24, 2018 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Top of the deck

The Macau government expects to receive about 600 applications from casinos to have smoking lounges approved under a new set of technical standards, said the head of the city’s Health Bureau, Lei...

Rich Goldman in yearly profit but down to one junket biz

Sep 24, 2018 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Top of the deck

Macau junket investor Rich Goldman Holdings Ltd swung to a profit for the year ended June 30, compared to a loss in the equivalent period a year earlier. The firm reiterated it had only one active...

Chinese authorities bust online gambling ring

Sep 21, 2018 Newsdesk Latest News, Rest of Asia, Top of the deck

Police in the city of Cixi, in the mainland Chinese province of Zhejiang, have recently broken up a gambling ring that took bets through a website set up overseas, Chinese-language media from the...

Eric Persson quits Aruze to focus on own business

Sep 21, 2018 Newsdesk Industry Talk, Latest News, Top of the deck

Eric Persson says he is leaving maker of slot machines Aruze Gaming America Inc now that his company Maverick Casinos LLC and Nevada Gold and Casinos Inc have agreed to merge. Mr Persson is president...

Mainland China lottery sales jump 62pct in July

Sep 21, 2018 Newsdesk Latest News, Rest of Asia, Top of the deck

Mainland China’s sales of official lottery products in July rose by 61.9 percent year-on-year to CNY54.64 billion (US$7.99 billion), according to data released by the country’s Ministry of...

Macau casino demand bounces back post typhoon: Nomura

Sep 21, 2018 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Top of the deck

The Instinet research arm of stockbroking firm Nomura says mid-week casino demand has “recovered quickly”, following disruption caused by Typhoon Mangkhut over the weekend. “We have spoken with...

Satellite casinos in Cyprus open by spring 2019: Melco Intl

Sep 20, 2018 Newsdesk Latest News, Top of the deck, World

Hong Kong-listed casino developer Melco International Development Ltd says three of its so-called “satellite casinos” in Cyprus are scheduled to commence operations in respectively...