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_2021-02-26
Aristocrat Entertainment CEO Trevor Croker said the company plans to “significantly escalate” its focus on convergence products and services, which may involve mergers and acquisitions.

_2021-02-26
Aristocrat Entertainment CEO Trevor Croker says the company plans to "significantly escalate" its focus on convergence products and has a strong enough balance sheet to support mergers and acquisitions in the sector. 

_2021-02-26
Genting Malaysia reported positive adjusted EBITDA of RM350.3 million for 2020 despite seeing a 56 percent drop in revenue due to the Covid-19 pandemic. 

_2021-02-26
Caesars' Entertainment CEO Tom Reeg responded to an analysts' question on the sale of its Korea venture by saying: "Korea has gone, we sold it for some barbecue pork. We sold it back to our partners and have no more commitment. We're out."

_2021-02-26
Sportradar has entered a long-term data and audio-visual partnership with Australia’s professional semi-elite basketball league, NBL1. Sportradar will become the new partner to NBL1 for these services, taking over from an incumbent. 

_2021-02-26
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_2021-02-26
Caesars Entertainment posted a loss for Q4 of $555 million compared with a $13 million profit in the prior year, but said it has seen a pick up in demand in the New Year, especially at its regional properties.

_2021-02-26
Donaco International, the operators of casinos in Cambodia and Vietnam, said it had positive EBITDA of A$0.2 million in the first half of the fiscal year after the final three quarters of the year generated $2.7million. Revenue declined to $6.3 million...

_2021-02-26
International Entertainment said it has hired various advisers to provide a legal opinion on the operation of casinos and gaming activities and to review the company's internal control policies in order to comply with a guidance letter from the Hong Kong...

_2021-02-26
Both Melco Resorts and Galaxy Entertainment have reported their fourth quarter results in the past 24 hours, and both of them paint a fairly optimistic picture of Macau’s recovery from the pandemic slump.

_2021-02-26
Thai police have shut down a network of online casinos in raids that took place across seven provinces, with nineteen suspects arrested and cash and other goods seized. In total, eight online casino networks have been shut down.

_2021-02-26
A draft law has been prepared by the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation that would create a system of self-exclusion from casinos for problem gamblers.

_2021-02-26
A Yokohama court dismissed an effort by anti-casino local residents to argue that the city government could not make use of the land at Yamashita Pier for IR construction.

_2021-02-26
For the first time since March last year, the China Online Visa Application system will open to foreign residents in Macau from next Monday.

_2021-02-26
Imperial Pacific International does not oppose having the Commonwealth Casino Commission suspend its casino gaming license, admitting its failure to pay the US$40 million Community Benefit Fund contribution in 2018 and 2019, and failing to pay the US$15.5...

_2021-02-26
Poker machine revenue at the Canberra Labor Club fell by more than 28 percent year-on-year to A$17.4 million (US$13.7 million).

_2021-02-26
Melco Resorts Chairman and CEO Lawrence Ho told a conference call that he still sees Japan as “the best potential new gaming market globally.”

_2021-02-26
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_2021-02-26
Jennifer Song, equity analyst with Morningstar, speaks with Asia Gaming Brief managing editor Sharon Singleton about visitation to Macau during the recent Chinese New Year period and the outlook for recovery. The longer-than-usual May holiday may be a...

_2021-02-23
The Lunar New Year period, which is known as the largest annual migration in the world, was a shadow of its former self, with strict rules in place to restrict the flow of Chinese outbound (and domestic) travel this year. 

_2021-02-19
AGB Nippon Executive Editor Michael Penn interviews Mindil Beach Casino & Resort General Manager Avril Baynes about her facility in Australia's Northern Territories and how it has coped with the Covid-19 pandemic.

_2021-02-09
Dr Mario Hardy, CEO of the Asia Pacific Travel Association (PATA) talks with Asia Gaming Brief Managing Editor Sharon Singleton about his organization’s forecasts for tourism recovery in Asia.

_2021-02-05
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_2021-02-02
Over the years, many of the answers have been remarkably prescient in their forecasts for the near-term direction of Asia’s gaming industry. However, we can safely say that no one came anywhere close to guessing what 2020 may have had in store.

_2021-02-02
This week, we explore the findings of the recently released Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA)'s Asia Pacific Visitor Forecast 2021-2023 report, which identifies three scenarios of growth and recovery for international visitor arrivals (IVAs) to...