LVS Wants To Expand in Singapore

Las Vegas Sands has asked the government of Singapore for more land to expand its hotel offering at Marina Bay Sands by 1,500 more rooms. The company says the...

Published March 31, 2014

Macau Lawmakers Weigh Smoking Ban

Macau’s Legislative Assembly is considering additional limits on smoking in the city’s casinos. But one lawmaker says the current restrictions are a failure and is pushing for a total...

Published March 31, 2014

Macau’s City of Dreams Reveals 5th Tower

A dramatic new tower is being planned for Macau’s City of Dreams. Melco Crown, the property owner, has contract with renowned architect Dame Zaha Hadid to design an eye-catching...

Published March 31, 2014

South Korea Gets a Qualified Thumbs Up

With South Korea’s first foreign-owned casino looking like a go, analysts like the country’s potential as a destination. They don’t like the government’s continued ban on domestic play.

Published March 31, 2014

Vietnam Attracting More Investment

A major expansion under way at Vietnam’s Lao Cai hotel casino is one of several big-ticket foreign investments in the country’s nascent resort industry. The government may even rescind...

Published March 31, 2014

Nepal Casinos Seek Break on Fees

A trade group representing Nepal’s casinos has petitioned the government to reconsider a slew of fee increases the industry must pay to stay in business. The alternative, the group...

Published March 31, 2014

U.S. Partner Joins Vietnam Resort Project

VinaCapital has been trying for several years to develop a resort-scale casino in Vietnam and may finally have landed the financial backing to make it happen, with Peninsula Pacific,...

Published March 24, 2014

Smoke-Free Casino in Macau—Someday

The Macau government has agreed in principle to a request from the territory’s casino operators to make all public gaming floors smoke-free. Nothing will change any time soon, though,...

Published March 24, 2014

Strong Quarter, Strong Year for Galaxy

Galaxy Entertainment ended 2013 on a high note with a 41 percent jump in pre-tax earnings in the fourth quarter on revenue that hit US$2.4 billion. The Macau casino...

Published March 24, 2014

China Cracks Down on Phone ‘Gambling’

China’s Ministry of Culture is zeroing in on mobile applications that entice game players to buy apps to increase their chances of winning. The government says they’re too close...

Published March 24, 2014

UnionPay Targets Fake Purchases in Macau

China’s UnionPay bank card says it is cracking down on the phony jewelry and watch purchases mainland visitors make with the card when they get to Macau. The “purchases”...

Published March 24, 2014

Junket Stakeholder Arrested in Hong Kong

Hong Kong authorities have arrested a shareholder in one of Macau’s largest junkets in connection with a wide-ranging investigation into money-laundering and other crimes. Police also seized HK$200 million...

Published March 24, 2014

Japan Casino Bill Delayed

A leading pro-casino lawmaker in Japan’s Diet says a legalization bill may not pass by summer, as was expected. Support for the bill remains strong, but it appears to...

Published March 17, 2014

Tam: No New Macau Concessions

Macau’s Economy Secretary Francis Tam (l.) says the territory’s casino concessions will remain at six when they come up for renewal beginning in 2020. The terms of renewal, however,...

Published March 17, 2014

Macau Money Trail Leads to Prison

Carson Yeung, the Hong Kong owner of England’s Birmingham City football club, has been sentenced to prison by a court in his native city for money laundering. The exact...

Published March 17, 2014

No Casinos on Hainan

A short-lived sweepstakes-style casino on Hainan had pundits wondering if the popular south China resort island would become the country’s second legal gaming market. It won’t, say local officials,...

Published March 17, 2014

Lagerfeld Joining SJM on Cotai

Macau casino giant SJM has signed its second global fashion name to the Lisboa Palace resort the company is developing on Cotai. Karl Lagerfeld will be joining Versace as...

Published March 17, 2014

No More Land for Gaming in Macau

Macau’s Secretary for Economy and Finance Francis Tam (l.) says diversification is the government’s top priority. That means land will not be allocated for new casinos once Cotai is...

Published March 10, 2014

GGAM Can’t Dump Bloomberry Shares

A Philippines court has ordered Global Gaming Asset Management not to sell its stake in Bloomberry Resorts until an arbitrator rules on Bloomberry leader Enrique Razon’s (l.) decision to...

Published March 10, 2014

Boyd Has Eyes for Japan

Boyd Gaming Chief Executive Keith Smith (l.) said his company may be interested in bidding for a gaming license in Japan. He and another executive with the Las Vegas-based...

Published March 10, 2014