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_2015-01-29
Macau’s Health Bureau (SSM) has fined local casino operator Melco Crown Entertainment for having a smoking zone in the mass gambling area of City o

_2015-01-29
Investors are paying attention to the prospect of Vietnam’s steps to launch casinos after the country’s Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung gave the p

_2015-01-29
Obstacles are facing Macau-based VIP gaming promoters as they seek to list on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange with falling revenues already forcing many

_2015-01-29
Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security has raised concerns over the numbers of Vietnamese nationals crossing into Cambodia to gamble amid fears over

_2015-01-29
Australian investors reacted favourably on the outlook for Crown Resorts, as share prices rallied after reports of gains in revenue at the Macau base

_2015-01-29
The Sri Lankan Government has dismissed casino bids, including by Australian gaming mogul James Packer, to open one of three casinos in Sri Lanka app

_2015-01-29
Published in: Latest Intelligence Macau’s infrastructure has failed to keep pace with the territory’s rapid rise to become the world’s largest gambling hub, placing pressure on creaking transport systems and creating bottlenecks, industry experts...

_2015-01-29
Published in: Latest Intelligence There have been suggestions lately that the Australian owned providers of online gaming services may actually be prepared to lobby government to crack down on illegal offshore operators.  There are also tangible signs...

_2015-01-28
Macau secretary for economy and finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac said yesterday that, according to gaming results data, gaming revenue in the first half

_2015-01-28
Macau’s largest and most influential trade group, the Macau Federation of Trade Unions, is pushing the government to implement a full smoking ban i

_2015-01-28
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in Singapore has announced that all websites that provide or promote online gambling will be blocked when the Remo

_2015-01-28
According to local Malaysian media citing police documents, gambling kingpin Paul Phua Wei-seng was arrested in Malaysia in 2004 and convicted for hi

_2015-01-28
According to a report by the United Nations World Tourism Organisation, Macau recorded higher tourism receipts than Italy or the UK in 2013.  Inter

_2015-01-27
Sterne Agee, in a latest assessment, reported that table–only gross gaming revenue (GGR) stood at $2.4 billion in the period through to January 25,

_2015-01-27
Russian authorities are continuing to crackdown against unlicensed online gambling ahead of the launch of an online gaming framework due for the summ

_2015-01-27
Philippines-based Bloomberry Resorts Corp, operator of the Solaire casino, says it is looking to develop a casino and entertainment complex in South

_2015-01-27
Shares in Macau casinos were higher Tuesday with analysts taking note of improving gross gaming revenue (GGR) data, hinting that the free fall of las

_2015-01-26
In its latest assessment, the Macau Monetary Authority says it is upbeat over the outlook for the tourism and gaming sectors, with the rise of the ma

_2015-01-26
Integrated casino resort developer Melco Crown (Philippines) Resorts Corp announced that the official Grand Launch of its new integrated casino resor

_2015-01-26
An undercurrent of debate over the future of existing gaming concessions in Macau has begun to percolate as the contracts approach renewal in the com

_2015-01-22
Published in: Latest Intelligence Online betting exchanges CITIbet and AA-Star have come to the attention of racing authorities across the region, which see them as a threat to racing integrity and a drain on betting turnover. The secretary general...

_2015-01-22
When it comes to Asia’s gleaming casino resorts, architects and interior designers are continually striving for groundbreaking and grandiose developments. However experts warn that failure to pay attention to Asian superstitions and feng shui may spell...

_2015-01-15
Published in: Latest Intelligence Stephen Karoul, President & CEO, Euro-Asia Consulting Many of us casino executives are old enough to remember the lyrics of Bob Dylan’s famous song titled “The Times They Are A-Changin.” Nothing could be more...

_2015-01-15
Published in: Latest Intelligence By John J. English* Cyber Security: This will definitely be a topic of large concern as we move forward to the information-is-easy era. We have witnessed firsthand with the recent hacking of Sony Pictures which proved...

_2015-01-08
Published in: Latest Intelligence Sri Lankan's fledging casino industry is in the balance after opposisition challenger Maithripala Sirisena beat incumbent President Mahinda Rajapaksa in the island's presidential poll. Rajapaksa had been seeking an...

_2015-01-08
Published in: Latest Intelligence Genting’s ambitious overseas expansion plans are facing headwinds, hitting a snag in the U.S. and delays elsewhere, but analysts remain optimistic over the mid-term prospects for Malaysia’s only operator thanks to...