ASIAN GAMING
About 130 construction workers from Wynn Resorts’ new megaresort on Macau’s Cotai Strip walked off the job and onto the protest line recently, saying they had been forced to...
Mohegan Eyes South Korea
Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority has submitted a $5 billion bid to build a foreigners-only integrated resort on South Korea’s Yeongjong Island. MTGA President Bobby Soper (l.) believes the facility’s...
More Junket Closures?
Several junket operators in Macau will reportedly close their doors due to the loss of VIP business in the territory. Dore Entertainment is closing one of three rooms at...
Cambodia, Macau Add Air Service
The governments of Cambodia and Macau have agreed to add direct flights from Phnom Penh to bring the Chinese SAR. Charter flights are currently the only way to fly...
Best Sunshine Plans Saipan Casino
Best Sunshine International continues to plan a $7.1 billion integrated resort on Saipan in the Marianas Islands. Though voters on Saipan have twice voted against casinos, in March the...
Tigre Hotel Booked Solid through ‘15
The five-star hotel at Tigre de Cristal, the new casino resort in Russia’s Primorye economic zone, is fully booked through the New Year, according to media reports. The resort...
‘Pleasing’ VIP Turnover at Star Vegas
Donaco International Ltd.’s Star Vegas casino in Poipet, Cambodia, saw VIP rolling chip turnover rise 43 percent year-on-year for the first quarter of its financial year. Needless to add,...
Cash and Carry at Sands China?
Macau gaming associations say Sands China Ltd. has ordered slot machine workers to carry cash so they can distribute immediate dividends to gamblers. Opponents of the reported policy say...
Macau’s Table Games
Studio City (l.), Melco Crown’s lavish Hollywood-themed resort about to open on Macau’s Cotai Strip, will get 250 new-to-market table games. It needed 400 to avoid a loan default....
Savan Vegas Up for Grabs
The Savan Vegas Hotel and Entertainment Complex (l.), a resort in Savannakhet Province, Laos, is up for sale, according to news reports. The integrated resort with a casino and...
Junkets Pledge Greater Oversight
The Macau government may help the city’s junket operators get a public makeover. Officials will soon meet the junket runners to discuss better accounting standards. The move comes in...
Golden Week Boost Didn’t Last
Despite a brief rally during the annual Golden Week holiday, Macau’s casino revenues for the month of October have not been game-changing. VIP liquidity continues to be weak and...
Travellers Plans Manila Upgrade
Travellers International Hotel Group Inc. is putting money aside from an IPO to fund the multimillion-dollar expansion of its Resorts World Manila (l.) property. It has already banked about...
GHK Acquires Zouk
Genting Hong Kong has acquired the Zouk Singapore brand for an undisclosed sum. The brand includes the Zouk Club in Clarke Quay, Singapore and the annual ZoukOut music fest.
S. Koreans Arrested for Gambling
South Korean prosecutors have indicted the founder of a cosmetics firm for gambling in jurisdictions outside his homeland. Jeong Un-ho and others known to gamble in Macau and elsewhere...
Studio City to Get More Tables?
As Studio City’s opening nears, Macau is speculating on the number of tables that will be allotted for the resort. Galaxy Entertainment won permission to add just 150 new-to-market...
Macau Rescue Plan: The Big Reveal
Macau’s Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture, Alexis Tam Chong Weng (l.) says he will unveil the local government’s plan to help the territory and its chief industry, gaming,...
Typhoon Knocks Wind out of Golden Week
Typhoon Mujigae discouraged some Mainland Chinese tourists from streaming into Macau during the annual Golden Week celebration. Mujigae made landfall Sunday, October 4, halfway through the national holiday.
Morgan Stanley Rethinks Philippines
Analysts at Morgan Stanley analysts have revised their GGR forecast for the Philippines for 2016. The new number for the market is $1.6 billion versus the prior estimate of...
Bombay Seeks Action on Decades-Old Law
The Bombay High Court has asked the Maharashtra government and Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis (l.) to implement or trash a 40-year-old law that legalized casinos in the state. A...