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_2019-02-28
SJM Holdings posted a 45.2 percent gain in 2018 profit attributable to owners of the company and said it expects to complete construction of its Cotai

_2019-02-28
Genting Malaysia swung to a net loss of RM19.6 million (US$4.8 million) in the 2018 financial year, attributed mainly to an impairment loss of RM1.83

_2019-02-28
Galaxy Entertainment Group posted a 29 percent rise in net profit for the full 2018 year, driven by solid mass gaming performance across its propertie

_2019-02-28
Despite the recent outflow of construction workers from IPI’s construction site, the casino operator says it expects to finish construction by the e

_2019-02-28
The Kerala High Court has maintained the ruling that playing rummy for stakes is considered gambling and thus an offense under the Kerala Gaming Act 1

_2019-02-27
Malaysian businessman Paul Phua and 14 others have been acquitted by a Macau court on charges of running an illegal gambling operation in four rooms a

_2019-02-27
Macau Legend Development said it has agreed to buy a 21.5 percent stake in a company that operates a large-scale shopping complex on Hengqin island fo

_2019-02-27
Bloomberry Resorts said its gaming unit has been cited in a U.S. civil case attempting to recover funds stolen from Bangladesh’s central bank. In

_2019-02-27
Shingo Amano, a candidate for mayor of Shizuoka city, is doing something that no other challenger for a significant local government office has done b

_2019-02-27
The Nevada Gaming Commission has fined Wynn Resorts the record amount of $20 million for its inappropriate handling of sexual misconduct allegations a

_2019-02-27
Premium slots and table games provider Habanero is giving players the chance to unearth riches with its latest offering, 5 Lucky Lions.  The 6x4 slo

_2019-02-27
A company headed by Pansy Ho has given up concession rights for some of its land on Coloane island in Macau to allow the expansion of a reservoir, loc

_2019-02-27
Tourism arrivals to Macau jumped 25 percent in January from the previous year, according to government statistics. The territory welcomed 3.4 milli

_2019-02-27
Diamond Fortune has partnered with a Japanese company, Simple Create Co. Ltd, on its Imperial hotel complex, one of the largest projects in the Primor

_2019-02-26
Mohegan CEO Mario Kontomerkos says it’s his tribal operator’s focus on “generational sustainability” and its “serious and deep connections w

_2019-02-26
Ainsworth Game Technology said its H1 normalised profit after tax fell by 47 percent on the back of a weak domestic performance, though its international business was strong and it expects a pick up in the second half.

_2019-02-26
Flexing the muscles of the partnership signed last November with Major League Baseball, the MGM logo will be given prominent billing at the regular se

_2019-02-26
Hyogo Governor Toshizo Ido told a plenary session of his prefectural assembly on Monday that he supports the concept of creating a direct sea link between Kobe city and Yumeshima, as originally proposed by Kobe Mayor Kizo Hisamoto.

_2019-02-22
Imperial Pacific International is facing further disruption at its unfinished Saipan property after new visa regulations further dried up the labor pool available to complete the long-delayed project.

_2019-02-22
A recent report on trends within the Asian online gambling recruitment space has highlighted the volatility of wages within a market where experts sug

_2019-02-15
The stellar projections for esports revenue have whet the appetite of online wagering operators, though the absence of regulation, questions over sports integrity and lack of expertise mean widespread adoption in the gambling industry may be far away.

_2019-02-15
Australia is stepping up its game in seeking to stamp out match fixing, though the illegal gambling that underpins the problem is estimated to generate profits of at least $4.2 billion in just six jurisdictions and is growing much faster than legal wagering.

_2019-02-08
Cambodia’s casino boom is continuing, with a 53 percent increase in licenses granted during 2018 and growing interest from Macau-based operators and junkets as Chinese tourism and investment surges.

_2019-02-08
Despite regulatory uncertainty and a relatively high risk profile, land-based operators will be closely watching developments across the Indochina region over the coming months.

_2019-02-01
In the six years since the inception of Asia Gaming Briefings, we have seen Macau grow and mature, with the construction site that was the Cotai Strip blossoming with some of the world’s most impressive integrated resorts. The Philippines has evolved...

_2019-02-01
Asia’s online gaming industry, which is forecast for double-digit growth over the next seven years, is likely to be one of the main topics to be talked about at ICE Totally Gaming, with executives keen to explore both the opportunities and learn how...

_2019-02-01
China’s lottery sector continues to boom, but uncertainty over how Beijing may react to the rapid growth continues to linger, with big questions over the future direction of online sales and sports betting.