GGRAsia – Newsletter 3

Londoner Court at Londoner Macao, open by Oct Golden Week

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

Macau casino operator Sands China Ltd is to have a “full opening” for Londoner Court, with its 300-plus accommodation units, in time for October Golden Week, said on Friday, Wilfred Wong Ying Wai...

Aristocrat Oasis 360 casino system tied to Everi eWallet

Jul 22, 2021 Newsdesk Latest News, Trends & Tech

Casino slot machine supplier Aristocrat Technologies Inc announced on Wednesday a partnership with Everi Holdings Inc to integrate Aristocrat’s casino management system, Oasis 360, with...

MGM US$9bln Osaka IR ready 2028 earliest: RFP info

Jul 21, 2021 Newsdesk Japan, Latest News, Top of the deck

MGM Resorts International and its Japanese partner Orix Corp are now saying that their proposed US$9-billion casino resort for Osaka, Japan, would not open before 2028, and possibly only by 2030. On...

Macau hotel occupancy 52pct for July 1 to 15: MGTO

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

Macau’s average hotel occupancy rate reached 52.1 percent in the first 15 days of July, up by 8.4 percentage points when compared to June, stated the Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) in a...

Phu Quoc’s Corona casino resort halts ops from Jul 19

Jul 19, 2021 Newsdesk Latest News, Rest of Asia, Top of the deck

Corona Resort and Casino (pictured) – on Vietnam’s southern resort island of Phu Quoc – has announced that the whole gaming resort complex is to be temporarily closed starting from July 19...

China to expand again blacklist for overseas gambling

Jul 16, 2021 Newsdesk Latest News, Rest of Asia, Top of the deck

China’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism said on Friday that it will “blacklist” what it termed a “third batch” of overseas destinations that attract Chinese tourists for gambling...

Sci Games proposes to buy remaining 19pct stake in SciPlay

Jul 16, 2021 Newsdesk Industry Talk, Latest News, Top of the deck

Casino equipment provider Scientific Games Corp has made a proposal to acquire the remaining 19 percent of equity interest in digital gaming company SciPlay Corp that it does not currently own. If...

Okada Manila 2Q GGR halved sequentially amid restrictions

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

Japanese gaming conglomerate Universal Entertainment Corp says gross gaming revenue (GGR) at the group’s Okada Manila casino resort in the Philippine capital fell 49.0 percent quarter-on-quarter,...

Aristocrat hires in Nevada, Texas, starts on Tulsa ops base

Jul 13, 2021 Newsdesk Industry Talk, Latest News, World

The Aristocrat Gaming group says it is hiring new workers for its Las Vegas, Nevada operation in the United States, and for its Austin, Texas location. The brand – under Aristocrat Technologies Inc...

Macau July 1-11 GGR up 16pct sequentially: Bernstein

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

Macau casino gross gaming revenue (GGR) rose 16 percent sequentially in the first 11 days of July, versus the final 10 days of June, estimated a Monday memo from brokerage Sanford C. Bernstein Ltd....