Saipan Senate Amends Casino Legislation

Saipan’s Senate has amended casino legislation for the island and removed confidentiality clauses for information from Best Sunshine, the island’s exclusive licensee. It then adopted a revised bill that...

Published November 16, 2015

Frontier to Buy Philippine Casino

Australia-listed Frontier Capital Group Ltd. will buy the Hotel Stotsenberg and Casablanca Casino (l.) in the Clark Freeport Zone, Philippines. The deal must be approved by Frontier shareholders; it...

Published November 16, 2015

S. Korea Looks at Junkets

South Koreans who often gamble abroad may be under the scrutiny of government police, who are investigating alleged “share junket houses,” VIP rooms outside the country that cater to...

Published November 16, 2015

$1K a Minute for Detained RWS Patron

Resorts World Sentosa must pay $46,000 in reparations to a customer who was held for 46 minutes without cause. According to a Singapore High Court ruling, the casino acted...

Published November 16, 2015

The Bell Tolls Again for Macau

The world’s premier gaming destination just recorded its 17th straight month of year-on-year revenue declines. GGR for October was 28.4 percent lower than 2014. Is there an end in...

Published November 9, 2015

Megaworld Boosts Bucks in Manila

Philippine development firm Megaworld Corp. has announced it will invest an additional $300 million in the residential portion of Travellers International’s Entertainment City resort project in Manila. Andrew Tan...

Published November 9, 2015

Hooray for Hollywood (Again)

On the heels of Melco Crown’s Studio City opening, another attraction with a Hollywood theme is planned near Macau. The amusement park on Hengqin Island, adjacent to Macau, could...

Published November 9, 2015

Wynn Palace Workers Stage Protest

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...

Published November 9, 2015

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...

Published November 2, 2015

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...

Published November 2, 2015

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...

Published November 2, 2015

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...

Published November 2, 2015

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...

Published November 2, 2015

‘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,...

Published November 2, 2015

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...

Published November 2, 2015

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....

Published October 26, 2015

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...

Published October 26, 2015

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...

Published October 26, 2015

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...

Published October 26, 2015

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...

Published October 26, 2015