Mariana Plans Saipan Slot Hall

Mariana Entertainment plans to open a second slot hall on the island of Saipan in the Northern Marianas, according to multiple reports. The company currently operated Club 88 at...

Published August 31, 2015

Dozens of Companies Bidding on Korea

More than 30 operators are in the race for a casino license in South Korea. Among them: Kolon Global, Grand Korea Leisure and even the National Federation of Fisheries...

Published August 17, 2015

Macau: Let the Public Decide on Smoking

The government of Macau is conducting a 60-day public poll to determine if it will move ahead with a smoking ban in the city’s casinos. Analysts have said implementing...

Published August 17, 2015

Japan to Regulate Bitcoin

The Japanese government plans to regulate transactions involving bitcoin and other virtual currencies. The move follows the investigation of a Tokyo bitcoin exchange CEO who was arrested for allegedly...

Published August 17, 2015

Chinese Police Raid Illegal Ring

Law enforcers in Heilongjiang Province, China raided the headquarters of an alleged international gambling ring involving a website in the Philippines that attracted bettors from the mainland. At the...

Published August 17, 2015

Iao Kun’s Incredible Shrinking Revenues

The Macau junket operator has announced that rolling chip turnover was down 72 percent year-on-year for the month of July. Turnover of VIP business was about US$0.44 billion compared...

Published August 17, 2015

‘Operation Chain Break’ Targets Junkets

The Chinese government is cracking down on junket operators trying to lure Mainland Chinese gamblers to Asian markets including South Korea and the Philippines. Operation Chain Break is on...

Published August 17, 2015

Studio City Good for 150 Tables

Melco Crown Entertainment Ltd. is likely to get 150 new live gaming tables from the Macau government for its new casino resort Studio City (l.), according to analysts from...

Published August 10, 2015

Okada Secures Manila Financing

Japanese billionaire Kazuo Okada (l.) will put at least $2 billion in Phase I of his integrated Manila Bay Resorts casino and entertainment complex. Okada will invest money from...

Published August 10, 2015

Is Macau Stabilizing?

The decline continues in Macau, where year-on-year gross gaming revenue for July fell 34.5 percent to MOP18.62 billion (US$2.33 billion). It’s the 14th consecutive month of an historic slump...

Published August 10, 2015

Genting Exits S. Korea

The Hong Kong division of the Malaysian gaming company has shelved its plan to construct a casino on South Korea’s Jeju Island to concentrate on its casino cruise business,...

Published August 10, 2015

No Casino for Macau Hotel

The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, now under construction in Macau, has abandoned a plan to add a casino to the property. The plan launched in 2013 originally called for 53,000...

Published August 10, 2015

Macau: No Sex Trafficking Here

Macau’s Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak has denied claims by the United States that women and children in the territory are subjected to human rights abuses including sex...

Published August 10, 2015

Okada Delays, Boosts Investment, Tops Off Manila Resort

In exchange for an additional delay in opening, Tiger Resort, the Manila project being built to Kazuo Okada’s Universal Entertainment, will invest a total of $2 billion in the...

Published August 3, 2015

VIPs Roll Through the Roof at Cambodian Casino

Rolling chip turnover for VIP games was up 69 percent year-on-year at the Star Vegas Resort and Club (l.) in Cambodia for the fiscal year that ended June 30....

Published August 3, 2015

Sands China Down, But Mass Gaming Up

Las Vegas Sands Corp., which earns 60 percent of revenues from Macau, saw a 19.4 decline in revenue and 30.1 percent drop in profits during the second quarter, but...

Published August 3, 2015

Is Smaller Better in Vietnam?

Can Vietnam really support multibillion-dollar integrated resorts? The country’s ban on gaming by most of its residents means the entire industry would be dependent on the tourist trade.

Published August 3, 2015

S. Korea OKs Casino Cruises

The South Korean Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries has authorized casino gaming on cruise ship. The new law takes effect this week, but actual operations may not begin until...

Published August 3, 2015

Tinian Dynasty Settles U.S. Case for $3M

Tinian Dynasty (l.) in the Northern Mariana Islands has agreed to a $3.04 million fee to end a money laundering case brought by the U.S. government. The operator reportedly...

Published August 3, 2015

Vietnam Resort Extends RFC Deadline

Strong interest in gaming in Vietnam has led Laguna Lang Co. to extend its Request for Concepts deadline to September 15. Phase I of the development in Thua Thien-Hue...

Published July 27, 2015