Nov 21, 2024
Macau’s 2025 visitor tally could reach 36 million, or a circa 9-percent gain on this year’s projected 33 million. So said Lei Wai Nong (pictured in a file photo), the city’s Secretary for Economy and Finance, in comments at the Legislative Assembly on Thursday. The official was replying...Nov 21, 2024
Philippine-listed DigiPlus Interactive Corp says one of the group’s wholly-owned subsidiaries, DigiPlus Brazil Interactive Ltda, has “passed the qualification stage” for a federal...Nov 14, 2024
Gaming supplier Zitro International says its new Concept cabinet product line is designed to elevate users’ gaming experience and provide “total immersion” for players....Nov 21, 2024
Macau’s 2025 visitor tally could reach 36 million, or a circa 9-percent gain on this year’s projected 33 million. So said Lei Wai Nong (pictured in a file photo), the city’s Secretary for Economy and Finance,...Nov 21, 2024
Banking group Jefferies expects Sands China Ltd and Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd to be share gainers in Macau’s six-operator casino market during 2025, noting the quality and range of their hotel offer –...Nov 21, 2024
Macau’s visit volume rebound for the first 10 months in the overseas and non-Guangdong mainland markets was circa 73 percent of 2019 in each case, while neighbouring Guangdong’s contribution was already at...Nov 20, 2024
Alejandro Tengco, chairman and chief executive of the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp (Pagcor), the country’s casino regulator, says the development of “modern technology and mobile gadgets” ensures that the...Nov 19, 2024
The state-run Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp (Pagcor), the country’s gaming regulator, says that offshore online gaming operators “misrepresenting themselves” as so-called business process outsourcing (BPO)...Nov 18, 2024
Large-scale integrated resorts (IRs) in Entertainment City, in Metro Manila, recorded gross gaming revenue (GGR) of just above PHP41.92 billion (US$714.3 million) in the three months to September 30, according to data...Nov 20, 2024
The promoter of the Marina Bay Sands casino resort in Singapore is forecasting a 40 percent leap in adjusted property earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) once a new phase –...Nov 19, 2024
The Marina Bay Sands (MBS) casino resort (pictured) in Singapore is seeking a circa SGD12-billion (US$8.96-billion) loan amid planned expansion of the property, said business news outlet Bloomberg in a report published...Nov 19, 2024
The casino licence of Resorts World at Sentosa Pte Ltd, the operating entity of the Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) casino complex, has been renewed for two years – a period shorter than permitted under regulations –...Nov 19, 2024
A China-founded company, that in 2013 – when known as 500.com Ltd – had an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange, has agreed to pay U.S. authorities a US$10-million criminal penalty for involvement...Nov 15, 2024
Universal Entertainment Corp, the parent of the Okada Manila casino resort in the Philippines, says it is now expecting a loss for full-year 2024. The Japanese firm also said in a notice issued on Thursday that it will...Nov 11, 2024
Japan’s Sega Sammy Holdings Inc, parent of gaming equipment supplier Sega Sammy Creation Inc, and an investor in the Paradise City casino resort in South Korea, reported fiscal first half profit up 31.1 percent...Nov 15, 2024
Thailand’s government is working to get a law on casino resorts – currently at a draft stage – passed during 2025 by the two chambers of the country’s parliament, reported Bloomberg on Friday, citing an...Nov 14, 2024
Thailand could move from a proposal for casino legalisation to industry implementation “as quickly and as efficiently” as the Singapore government did two decades ago, says Citigroup. But a Thai industry could when...Nov 12, 2024
Hong Kong-listed casino developer Shin Hwa World Ltd has announced a proposal to issue bonds to investors in the aggregate principal amount of up to HKD200.0 million (US$25.7 million), according to a Monday filing. The...Nov 21, 2024
An “unauthorised third party gained access” to some of gaming equipment maker International Game Technology (IGT) Plc’s systems, the firm said in a Tuesday filing to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission....Nov 19, 2024
The government in the West African island nation of Cabo Verde says it has terminated the concession for Hong Kong-listed casino services firm Macau Legend Development Ltd to develop and operate a casino resort there....Nov 18, 2024
The possibility of a takeover of casino group Wynn Resorts Ltd by U.S. billionaire Tilman Fertitta would be a “complicated and expensive endeavour given its sizeable enterprise value and international gaming...Oct 22, 2024
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