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_2014-12-21
SKYCITY Entertainment Group lodged a resource consent application last Friday for the New Zealand International Convention Centre (NZICC). The applic

_2014-12-21
Louis XIII Holdings placed a number of shares on Friday in order to help fund its Macau project. Chairman of Louis XIII, Stephen Hung’s dream is fo

_2014-12-21
Macau laid out the red carpet on Saturday for a two day visit by China’s president Xi Jinping on the 15th anniversary of the SAR’s transition fro

_2014-12-18
Aquis’ plans for a A$8.1 billion ($6.7 billion) casino resort in at Yorkeys Knob in Queensland, Australia, have moved a step forward after passing

_2014-12-18
Manila Times columnist Erwin Tulfo wrote that he has heard “through the grapevine” that dozens of foreign investors have pulled out of the countr

_2014-12-18
Junket investor Amax International Holdings reported a wider interim loss in the six months to end September and said it was seeking international ex

_2014-12-18
Sales of China’s state lottery gained 24.4 percent in November to RMB34.11 billion ($5.3 billion), led by Sports Lottery sales. In the first 11 mo

_2014-12-18
South Korea’s Widus Hotel and Casino plans to spend $100 million to expand its casino operations at the Clark Freeport Zone in the Philippines. Th

_2014-12-18
Published in: Latest Intelligence Russia’s crashing ruble, falling oil prices and an almost doubling in capital outflows, have done little to dampen enthusiasm for two upcoming casino projects in Russia’s Far East, with experts saying the current...

_2014-12-18
Published in: Latest Intelligence Sochi, home to the 2014 Winter Olympics, is gearing up to be a new gambling hub for Southern Russia, after receiving approval from President Vladimir Putin earlier this year, but some experts are dubious about its chances...

_2014-12-18
Published in: Latest Intelligence In as little as a couple of days after Russian President Vladimir Putin signed federal law № 222 introducing changes to the law “On state regulation of organization and management of gambling...” on July 21st,...

_2014-12-17
Kiron Interactive and its partner IPG International have launched their new Keno game in Nagacorp’s NagaWorld casino in Cambodia. Kiron said the d

_2014-12-17
Shares of casino operators in Macau fell sharply in Wednesday trading following a newspaper report that Beijing plans to crackdown on the illicit tra

_2014-12-17
Australia’s Tabcorp said its Sky TV unit had failed to reach an accord to extend a contract for the rights to show thoroughbred horse racing in Vic

_2014-12-17
A trade union group has backed Crown Resorts in its bid to win a license for a casino in downtown Brisbane, expressing concern over rival bidder Echo

_2014-12-16
Mainland property developer, Landing International Development, which has two casino projects on South Korea’s Jeju Island, said it’s diversifyin

_2014-12-16
Crown Resorts and BetEasy have confirmed their plans for a joint venture, combining BetEasy’s sports book business with the sports book business of

_2014-12-16
Melco Crown Entertainment was one of 11 companies to have been dropped from the Nasdaq Q-50 Index in a quarterly re-rating of listed firms, the U.S.

_2014-12-16
MGM China is eyeing an investment in a project on Hengqin island, neighbouring Macau, a local newspaper cited CEO Grant Bowie as saying. Mainland au

_2014-12-16
China LotSynergy Holdings said that its Beijing Kexun Tiandi Technology unit has completed the acquisition of Beijing Bestinfo Cyber Technology for

_2014-12-16
Australia’s Reef Casino Trust said it expects its distributable profit for 2014 to be about $12.1 million ($9.97 million) after taking into account

_2014-12-11
Published in: Latest Intelligence As Macau limps towards the end of what promises to be the worst year for revenue since the gambling market opened up in the early 2000s, analysts are struggling to predict what may lie in store for 2015. The general...

_2014-12-11
Published in: Latest Intelligence The current government ordered crackdown on illegal gambling in Malaysia is more about rhetoric and internal politics than about a real desire to stop Malaysians gambling offshore, informed observers in Kuala Lumpur...

_2014-12-04
Published in: Latest Intelligence Japan’s casino bill has been put on the back burner, with no realistic prospect for the enactment of basic legislation authorizing casinos for at least a year. However, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party has certainly...

_2014-12-04
Published in: Latest Intelligence The Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas and in particular tiny Tinian are seeing a flood of investor interest from China, triggered in part by Hong Kong-backed Best Sunshine International’s plans for a $7.1 billion...