GGRAsia – Newsletter 5

Macau operators each give US$1.25mln for Henan flood relief

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

Macau’s six casino operators have each announced, during the course of either Wednesday or Thursday, a respective donation of MOP10 million (US$1.25 million) to support flood-relief efforts in...

Group of casino advisors launches C3 Gaming consultancy

Jul 21, 2021 Newsdesk Industry Talk, Latest News

A number of veterans of the casino and hospitality sector has come together to form Casino Consultants Consortium, also known as C3 Gaming. A Monday press release issued from Nevada, in the United...

Macau 1H visitor arrivals up 20pct, June down sequentially

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

Visitor arrivals to Macau in the first half of 2021 rose by 20.2 percent year-on-year to nearly 3.93 million, according to data published on Tuesday by the city’s Statistics and Census Service....

Macau casino activist group withdraws from election

Jul 16, 2021 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Top of the deck

Macau gaming labour group activist Cloee Chao Sao Fong (pictured in file photo) confirmed on Thursday that her election ticket has withdrawn from the Legislative Assembly election set to take place...

Genting to resume HK cruise operations from July 30

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

Dream Cruises said on Wednesday that the officers and crew of its vessel Genting Dream would be fully vaccinated against Covid-19, ahead of the planned resumption of cruise operations in Hong Kong on...

Social games biz SciPlay acquires Finland’s Koukoi Games

Jul 08, 2021 Newsdesk iGaming, Latest News, World

SciPlay Corp, a unit of Scientific Games Corp that develops and publishes digital games on mobile and web platforms, has acquired Koukoi Games Oy, a Finland-based developer and operator of casual...

Macau lifts quarantine for all Guangdong travellers: govt

Jul 07, 2021 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Top of the deck

No places in mainland China’s Guangdong province are now subject to their outbound travellers facing a 14-day quarantine on arrival in Macau, according to the latest update from Macau’s Novel...

Grand Korea Leisure June casino sales up 46ct m-o-m

Jul 05, 2021 Newsdesk Latest News, Rest of Asia, Top of the deck

Grand Korea Leisure Co Ltd, an operator in South Korea of foreigner-only casinos, reported casino sales of KRW14.82 billion (US$13.1 million) in June, up 45.6 percent month-on-month. Such sales...

Singapore shift to managing Covid via jab scheme, says govt

Jul 01, 2021 Newsdesk Latest News, Singapore, Top of the deck

Singapore will no longer publicise details of each Covid-19 case detected in the city-state, and instead focus on accelerating its Covid-19 vaccination programme, said the Ministry of Health. The...

Suncity listco clinches US$24mln via mainland firm disposal

Jul 01, 2021 Newsdesk Latest News, Rest of Asia, Top of the deck

Suncity Group Holdings Ltd is to receive net proceeds of circa HKD184.4 million (US$23.7 million) for disposal of Access Achievement Ltd, a loss-making mainland China property development and...