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_2019-11-29
With ICE London looming around the corner,  Asia Live Tech has announced it has made it in the shortlist for the prestigious Global Gaming Awards 202

_2019-11-29
The Asia Gaming Brief will be at G2E Asia Philippines, making its official debut Dec. 3-4, 2019, at the Manila Marriott Hotel.  The show will serv

_2019-11-29
Genting Malaysia registered a marginal increase in total revenue in the third quarter of 2019, rising one percent to RM2.6 billion (US$630 million).

_2019-11-29
The Tinian Casino Gaming Control Commission is requesting guidance from the Commonwealth Casino Commission in regards to regulations in Tinian, in lig

_2019-11-29
The Delhi High Court has disposed of the two petitions aiming to ban all forms of online card games, including poker.  In a filing in late October

_2019-11-29
The 20th anniversary of the Macau Special Administrative region is upon us. When it comes to gaming, these were not two linear decades. There were plenty of twists and turns.

_2019-11-29
Twenty-nine years ago I visited Macau for the first time. It was a consolation day trip from Hong Kong for not being able to apply and obtain a visa to enter China in less than a week when I had only four days to spend.

_2019-11-28
Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez has declared that the task force led by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has wrung an additional PHP1.2 billion (about $25 million) in tax revenues from a delinquent POGO that was temporarily shut down in September.

_2019-11-28
Japanese opposition parties appear to be accepting a smooth confirmation process for the government’s five nominees to serve on the Casino Management Board, the independent agency to be established on January 7, 2020.

_2019-11-28
Amax International Holdings Limited has reported a 54 percent year-on-year drop in revenues in the six-month period ending September 30 to the figure of HK$28.5 million (about US$3.6 million).

_2019-11-28
Hokkaido Governor Naomichi Suzuki is expected to announce on Friday that his prefecture will not be going forward with an IR bid, abruptly ending what had seemed to many the strongest IR initiative within Japanese regional markets.

_2019-11-28
Bloomberry Resorts, the operator of the Solaire Resort & Casino, has been gaining shares in both VIP and mass over the first half of the year, rem

_2019-11-28
New Zealand’s gaming regulator has reserved its decision on SkyCity Hamilton’s application to swap three blackjack tables for 60 electronic gaming

_2019-11-28
With G2E Asia coming to the Philippines for the first time in the show’s history, FBM has announced it will be the title sponsor for the coming edit

_2019-11-27
Branches of the large POGO called New Oriental Club88 Corporation (NOCC) were shut down by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) after it was discovered that they had not registered to pay taxes.

_2019-11-27
The clouds darkened over the prospects for a Hokkaido IR bid this week as the main conservative caucus in the Hokkaido Prefectural Assembly proved unable to coordinate a united stance after two days of talks.

_2019-11-27
The Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) claims that it has already implemented 81 percent of the actions and objectives outlined in the 2017 Macao Tourism Industry Development Master Plan.

_2019-11-27
The Japanese government and ruling party are concerned that foreign gamblers could slip away without paying taxes on their casino winnings, and they are now trying to design a system that will hold the casino operators responsible for collecting the needed...

_2019-11-27
GameSource, a cloud-based platform offering land-based casinos access to electronic games, has won the Innovation Gold Awards at the 7th Annual Busine

_2019-11-27
The parent company behind fantasy sports operator Dream 11 has announced its foray into the live streaming business, through an exclusive broadcast de

_2019-11-22
A cryptocurrency founded by a 29-year-old Peking University grad and Jack Ma protégé has emerged at the centre of a decentralized online gaming movement which is seeing thousands of users gamble tens of millions of dollars per day.

_2019-11-22
It was considered a foregone conclusion in gaming circles that Osaka will be a venue for one of the first three integrated resorts in Japan, though the entry of Yokohama into the race and shifting political sands highlight the fact that nothing should...

_2019-11-15
With the win from China-facing igaming operations forecast to hit $33 billion in 2019, the Philippines has little incentive to curb activities of POGOs.

_2019-11-15
Melco Resorts & Entertainment and MGM China outperformed their peers in the latest reporting season, as the ramp up of new product offerings drove growth.

_2019-11-12
It's been a full year at Asia Gaming Brief. As well as the eBrief headline digest the team brings you daily, and the timely print editions, it's been full swing on the field. Building from a number of social functions and a full-on third edition of the...

_2019-11-08
The Philippines has been one of the best-performing gaming jurisdictions over the past five years and is expected to continue to outperform, despite rising regional competition, as the country’s operators expand.

_2019-11-08
The Philippines’ regional casinos may not get the same headline publicity as the bigger resorts in Manila, but the number of properties has been growing and their client base evolving as amenities and infrastructure improves.

_2019-11-01
It’s difficult to enter a tourist hotspot in Asia without observing signs written in Chinese, or a street vendor shouting greetings in Mandarin - a testament to the influence of Chinese outbound tourism.

_2019-11-01
There’s no doubt that the integrated resorts springing up across Asia were targeted at China’s VIPs, but with that market in retreat there’s little sign of high rollers from other jurisdictions stepping up to take their place.