GGRAsia – Newsletter

Macau police built own case on Chau, not tied to Wenzhou

Nov 28, 2021 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Top of the deck

Chong Kam Leong, a Macau Judiciary Police spokesman, outlined during a Sunday press conference, that the authorities in the Chinese casino hub had built their own criminal-gambling case dating back...

Macau Economy Secretary says little new on gaming expiries

Nov 26, 2021 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Top of the deck

Macau’s Secretary for Economy and Finance, Lei Wai Nong (pictured), gave on Friday during a question-and-answer session with the city’s legislators, little fresh information regarding how...

Dore ruling makes life tougher for Macau junkets: experts

Nov 26, 2021 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Top of the deck

A recent ruling by Macau’s Court of Final Appeal, holding Wynn Macau Ltd to be a party liable to refund a deposit lodged with VIP gaming promoter Dore Entertainment Co Ltd, meant the city’s...

China detained 160,000 since 2020 over cross border bets

Nov 26, 2021 Newsdesk Latest News, Rest of Asia, Top of the deck

Chinese authorities have investigated more than 30,000 cross-border gambling cases since 2020 to this October, reported on Thursday China’s Global Times newspaper. The state-owned news outlet –...

Overseas operations aid Genting Malaysia in 3Q

Nov 26, 2021 Newsdesk Latest News, Rest of Asia, Top of the deck, World

Operations in the United States and the United Kingdom bolstered Genting Malaysia Bhd’s third-quarter results, said the company on Thursday. For the entire third quarter, the group’s usual chief...

Antis say enough signatures for Wakayama IR referendum

Nov 25, 2021 Newsdesk Japan, Latest News, Top of the deck

An anti-casino community group in the Japanese city of Wakayama (pictured) says it has enough petition signatures from local voters for the right to ask the government for a referendum motion on...

Manila casino build likely ready only 2024: Suntrust

Nov 25, 2021 Newsdesk Latest News, Philippines, Top of the deck

A firm involved in the creation of the Westside City Project (pictured in an artist’s rendering) which includes a casino, says it has agreed with the firm doing the construction, to push back...

Sci Games chief accounting officer stepping down

Nov 25, 2021 Newsdesk Industry Talk, Latest News, Top of the deck

Casino equipment and online gaming content supplier Scientific Games Corp announced on Tuesday that current senior vice president and chief accounting officer Michael Winterscheidt will be stepping...

Another small Japanese city, Kuwana, signals IR interest

Nov 25, 2021 Newsdesk Japan, Latest News, Top of the deck

The mayor in the Japanese city of Kuwana (pictured) has asked the governor of the local prefecture to consider the viability of having a casino complex or ‘integrated resort’ (IR) in Kuwana. The...

Singapore, Malaysia limited opening of land border Nov 29

Nov 25, 2021 Newsdesk Latest News, Singapore, Top of the deck

Singapore and Malaysia will reopen a ground-level border between the two countries from next Monday (November 29) on a limited basis, and in what the Singapore authorities described as a “safe and...