GGRAsia – Newsletter 1

Reduced capacity at RWS casino to stay in place until Aug 18

Jul 23, 2021 Newsdesk Latest News, Singapore, Top of the deck

Singapore casino complex Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) is to maintain “reduced guest capacity” for its gaming operations until August 18. Capacity restrictions will also apply to a number...

MBS casino closes until August 5 due to Covid-19 cluster

Jul 22, 2021 Newsdesk Latest News, Singapore, Top of the deck

The Marina Bay Sands (MBS) casino resort (pictured) in Singapore said in a statement it was “temporarily closing” its casino for “deep cleaning” with effect from 6am today (Thursday, July...

GKL halts ops at Seoul casino until Thurs due to Covid case

Jul 20, 2021 Newsdesk Latest News, Rest of Asia, Top of the deck

Grand Korea Leisure Co Ltd (GKL), an operator in South Korea of foreigner-only casinos, suspended on Tuesday operations at its Seven Luck-branded Gangnam COEX casino in Seoul. The temporary...

Macau GGR sequential improvement continues: Bernstein

Jul 20, 2021 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Top of the deck

Macau casino gross gaming revenue (GGR) rose 6 percent sequentially in the seven-day period ended July 18 versus the first 11 days of the month, estimated a Monday memo from brokerage Sanford C....

SJM to take over gaming ops at Casino Diamond: firm

Jul 19, 2021 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Top of the deck

Macau casino developer and operator SJM Holdings Ltd is to take over the gaming operations at Casino Diamond, the firm told GGRAsia. The company will operate the facility as a self-promoted casino...

Paradise City ready to reopen some non-gaming from today

Jul 15, 2021 Newsdesk Latest News, Rest of Asia, Top of the deck

The promoter of the Paradise City gaming resort (pictured) – a complex with a foreigner-only casino – at Incheon, South Korea, has confirmed to GGRAsia on Thursday that the complex is set...

Japan IR law, casino regulations, effective from July 19

Jul 14, 2021 Newsdesk Japan, Latest News, Top of the deck

Japan’s Integrated Resorts (IR) Implementation Act, key legislation in its steps towards a licensed casino industry, is to take effect on July 19, according to a resolution on Tuesday of the...

Macau 2021 GGR to reach half of 2019 figure: brokerage

Jul 13, 2021 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Singapore, Top of the deck

Brokerage Sanford C. Bernstein Ltd is estimating 2021 casino gross gaming revenue (GGR) in Macau to rebound by 144 percent compared to 2020, which would be about 50 percent of 2019, i.e., the trading...

Singapore to allow family social gambling, not online social

Jul 12, 2021 Newsdesk Latest News, Singapore, Top of the deck

Singapore plans to permit “social gambling” among family and friends under revised gambling legislation the city-state plans. But the Ministry of Home Affairs said in a Monday statement that it...

Relaunch of Paradise City non-gaming at risk on Covid wave

Jul 09, 2021 Newsdesk Latest News, Rest of Asia, Top of the deck

A test reopening due on Saturday of some non-gaming facilities at Paradise City (pictured), a resort at Incheon, South Korea, with a foreigner-only casino, has been cancelled due to so-called Level 4...