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_2020-06-25
Caesars Entertainment Corp has implemented a universal mask policy across all of its properties starting Wednesday, June 24, 2020, according to a comp

_2020-01-14
An advisory panel to the health minister of Japan has recommended that the treatment of gambling addiction be covered by the national health insurance

_2019-11-26
SkyCity Entertainment has confirmed that its insurance policy covers damage from the fire which struck its convention center in Auckland. In a stat

_2019-08-02
President Duterte’s office has thrown its support behind Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr.’s proposal to end visa-upon-arrival privileges for Chinese nationals, local media reports.

_2019-01-07
In a draft tourism policy prepared by the Goa government, existing offshore casinos would be moved into a newly created international gaming cluster,

_2017-07-24
The prefecture and city governments of Osaka hosted their own IR Promotion Council on Monday, in which local government officials and experts discusse

_2017-05-22
While recent headlines are a reminder of Macau’s susceptibility to policy risks, the impact is minimal over the long term, said Bernstein in a Tuesd

_2017-05-15
MGM Resorts International’s Ed Bowers today stressed the importance of allowing entry for locals in a gaming market, adding that MGM would reconside

_2017-02-20
Reduced liquidity in mainland China in 2017 will create headwinds for high-end gaming in Macau, say Bernstein analysts.  In its report titled “Chin

_2017-02-19
Any persons deriving income from wagering or racing will be banned from holding a position on the Racing Victoria board under new proposed rules for t

_2017-01-12
Melco Crown Entertainment Ltd. has announced the declaration of a special dividend as well as an amendment in its dividend policy. The special dividen

_2016-10-10
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has reaffirmed China’s hopes to build more substantial economic and trade ties, and sound partnerships with Portuguese-sp

_2016-10-10
NSW Premier Mike Baird is expected to reverse his decision to ban greyhound racing in the state following increasing internal pressure and a public ba

_2016-08-25
Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte is pushing for the merger of state-owned gaming companies, Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp (Pagcor) and lott

_2016-05-29
Racing Victoria announced their race fields fee policy for FY17 last Friday, which includes two potential changes that could have a slight impact on t

_2015-07-01
UBS analysts said they are moving away from a cautious view of Macau’s gaming industry and taking a more constructive stance following the recent vi

_2015-04-01
Will the new supply coming to the Cotai resort district set Macau back on the road to growth and if it does will operators be allocated enough tables to make the new multi-billion dollar resorts profitable? They are billion-dollar questions with no ready...

_2015-03-26
Macau Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On sent a clear message to the casino industry in the first policy address of his second term in office this week - the government is no longer just paying lip service to diversifying the economy away from gambling. The...