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Zhuhai easing from Oct 19 rules on travel inbound via Macau

Zhuhai easing from Oct 19 rules on travel inbound via Macau

Oct 18, 2021 Latest News, Macau, Top of the deck  

Starting from noon on Tuesday (October 19), Zhuhai-bound travellers from Macau are only required to hold a nucleic acid test certificate issued within 48 hours proving they are ‘negative’ for the...
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US$12bln claim on LVS Macau licence unwarranted court told

US$12bln claim on LVS Macau licence unwarranted court told

Oct 15, 2021 Latest News, Macau, Top of the deck  

A Macau court was told on Friday that a US$12-billion claim against United States-based casino group Las Vegas Sands Corp (LVS) and some of its units, over alleged help securing its Macau gaming...
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Macau casino ops introduce staff ‘jab-or-test’ rule

Macau casino ops introduce staff ‘jab-or-test’ rule

Oct 15, 2021 Latest News, Macau, Top of the deck  

Macau casino operators have implemented a new directive, stating that before entering the workplace, employees must either show proof of vaccination against Covid-19, or hold a nucleic acid test...
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Hoi An in Vietnam may open Feb to jabbed foreign visitors

Hoi An in Vietnam may open Feb to jabbed foreign visitors

Oct 12, 2021 Latest News, Rest of Asia, Top of the deck  

Vietnam’s Hoi An (pictured), a city in the vicinity of the Hoiana casino resort backed by Suncity Group Holdings Ltd, hopes by February next year to welcome fully Covid-19-vaccinated foreign...
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Nagasaki seeks in Oct more on Casinos Austria IR funding

Nagasaki seeks in Oct more on Casinos Austria IR funding

Oct 11, 2021 Japan, Latest News, Top of the deck  

Nagasaki prefecture has asked the casino development consortium led by Casinos Austria International Japan Inc to provide within this month a detailed plan of the consortium’s structure, and how it...
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Macau Oct Golden Week daily average visits dip 93pct y-o-y

Macau Oct Golden Week daily average visits dip 93pct y-o-y

Oct 08, 2021 Latest News, Macau, Top of the deck  

The daily average of visitors to Macau during this year’s October Golden Week was down 93.7 percent on the daily average in 2020, according to data issued on Friday by Macau’s Public Security...
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Vietnam to let in jabbed, low-risk foreigners from December

Vietnam to let in jabbed, low-risk foreigners from December

Oct 07, 2021 Latest News, Rest of Asia, Top of the deck  

Vietnam intends from December to admit vaccinated visitors from other countries it considers are low-risk for outward transmission of Covid-19, according to a government announcement on Wednesday,...
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Zhuhai district labels Macau mid-to-high risk for Covid

Zhuhai district labels Macau mid-to-high risk for Covid

Oct 07, 2021 Latest News, Macau, Top of the deck  

The Doumen district of neighbouring Zhuhai city, in Guangdong province, has classified Macau as medium-to-high risk area for Covid-19, according to a Wednesday announcement. Authorities in that...
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Covid sees 2 public sessions on Macau gaming law cancelled

Covid sees 2 public sessions on Macau gaming law cancelled

Oct 05, 2021 Latest News, Macau, Top of the deck  

Macau’s casino regulator has cancelled another face-to-face public consultation session, regarding the city’s draft of an amendment to Macau gaming law, that was scheduled to take place on...
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GLI Asia assisting growing sports bet sector in APAC

GLI Asia assisting growing sports bet sector in APAC

Oct 04, 2021 Latest News, Trends & Tech  

There has been a “noticeable rise” in the demand for “compliance-based consultation services by sports- and event-wagering developers in Asia,” says a press release from Gaming Laboratories...
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"In light of the ongoing Covid-19 disruption and continued travel restrictions across Asia Pacific, G2E Asia has shifted its focus to 2022 to ensure we meet the show’s high expectations, which we share with our valued exhibitors and attendees”

Vera Ng
Project director at Reed Exhibitions, one of the organisers of the G2E Asia trade event