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_2016-07-31
Provider of online sports Betting solutions, management services and iGaming platforms, SBTech has been awarded a full Class 4 Remote Gaming License b

_2016-07-31
Kangwon Land Inc, operator of South Korea’s only locals-allowed casino resort, has posted net income of KRW 123.7 billion (US$110.1 million) for 16Q

_2016-07-31
Pachinko hall operator Dynam Japan Holdings Ltd reported a small increase in its gaming revenue in 16Q2, totalling Y37.8 billion (US$369.1 million), u

_2016-07-31
Casino operator Macau Legend Development Ltd says its acquisition of Savan Vegas in Laos will be further delayed until the end of the week, according

_2016-07-31
Australian gaming giant Tabcorp is expanding its non-traditional business through the acquisition of INTECQ Ltd, an electronic gaming machine develope

_2016-07-31
Caesars Entertainment Corp. (CEC) has confirmed the sale of its mobile and social gaming asset Playtika Studios to a Chinese consortium that includes

_2016-07-31
Genting Hong Kong Ltd has announced it is expected to record a consolidated net loss “in the range of US$60 million to US$75 million” for the six

_2016-07-31
Primorye Territory Development Corporation CEO Andrey Folomeev has reported total investment in the Primorye special gaming zone amounts to RUB113 bil

_2016-07-31
G 1 Entertainment, a key investor in the Far East Primorye special gambling zone, has opened a virtual golf club on the premises of Tigre de Crystal c

_2016-07-31
HK-listed Landing International Development Ltd announced on Monday that it is expected to report a “significant increase” in net loss for the six

_2016-07-31
Philippines’ Pagcor has already revoked 124 online gaming licenses under President Duterte’s new directives to curb online gambling, reports The I

_2016-07-31
Macau gross gaming revenue raked in MOP 17.8 billion (US$2.2 billion) in July, a 4.5 percent decline year-on-year, according to the latest figures rel

_2016-07-31
Money laundering and transnational crime will be some of the key concerns for casino regulators in Asia, said Lee Tzu Yang, the chairman of the Casino

_2016-07-31
The Macau Gaming Enterprises Staff’s Association is calling for the government to blacklist gamblers with previous bad behavior, local media reports

_2016-07-31
Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar has gone on record to say that his government would not be able to remove casinos from the state, acknowledging the

_2016-07-30
A number of popular video games may soon find themselves defined as gambling under a bill to be introduced by independent Senator Nick Xenophon next m

_2016-07-30
Vietnam’s Dai Nam Joint Stock Company said it plans to invest $100 million into a racecourse complex in the Dai Nam Tourism Park, local media report

_2016-07-30
The South Korean government is forming a task force to handle corruption in sports in the wake of a match-fixing scandal in professional basketball, l

_2016-07-27
Singapore’s two operators are seeking to add more non-gaming attractions to boost growth as income from their casinos continues to drag, with results released this week showing an unexpected drop in mass revenue at Marina Bay Sands.  Casino revenue...

_2016-07-27
Genting Malaysia, the country’s only casino operator, is ramping up preparation works as it prepares to begin rolling out the first stages of its RM10.38 billion ($2.46 billion) Genting Integrated Tourism Plan in the second half of this year. The company,...

_2016-07-20
Lawmakers in the Indian state of Maharashtra are considering moves to legalize casino gambling, while the Supreme Court has handed the decision on whether to allow sports betting over to politicians. Both moves are being followed closely by the industry,...

_2016-07-19
Almost a decade on from Melco Crown Entertainment’s 2006 IPO, there are signs that the joint venture between two of the world’s largest casino operators is not meeting its sky-high expectations.

_2016-07-14
It’s not the first time we’ve had cause to write about the impact of politics on Asia’s gaming industry and it’s unlikely to be the last. This time politics are casting a shadow over Australia, where attitudes towards gambling appear to be hardening....

_2016-07-14
Macau’s six casino operators will begin reporting Q2 results later this month, with analysts expecting a mixed bag. Though operators say they are seeing signs of stabilization in the market, that is unlikely to be reflected in the bottom line, at least...

_2016-07-07
What do virtual reality, touchscreens and social media have to do with the future of racing? According to experts, it’s this type of technology that could be key to ensuring the "old fashioned" sport of racing keeps up with the times, and as usual the...

_2016-07-07
Bingo is not a game we hear a lot about in Asia. Legal and regulatory restrictions, coupled with a lack of appetite for the game, mean it is near non-existent in the likes of Korea, Macau, Malaysia, and Singapore. However, bingo is becoming popular in...