China Calls Junket Giant on the Carpet

A news report presumably published with Beijing’s backing accuses Suncity Group of creating an illegal offshore market on the mainland for Chinese citizens to gamble online. Chairman Alvin Chau...

Published July 15, 2019

Nagasaki Gears Up for RFC

Sasebo City and Nagasaki Prefecture in Japan hope to enter a request-for-concept phase for commercial integrated resort partners by the fall of 2019. Sasebo City on Kyushu Island (l.)...

Published July 15, 2019

CCC: Tell All About IPI

Casino commissioners in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands have asked the CNMI’s Superior Court to lift an embargo on information that apparently shows casino operator Imperial Pacific...

Published July 8, 2019

Luxury Macau Hotel Unloads Prized Rolls Fleet

The 13’s owners have sold most of its signature red Rolls-Royce Phantoms for cash to repay a bank loan that’s looming over the struggling Cotai luxury resort. Ownership, meanwhile,...

Published July 8, 2019

Could Collapse Derail Cambodia Gold Rush?

The flood of casino development in Sihanoukville, Cambodia may have hit a speed bump due to the building collapse that killed 28 people. Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Sen (l.)...

Published July 8, 2019

Alliance Looks to Double Growth in Manila

The head of Alliance Global Group Inc. is confident that the firm’s gaming and hospitality operations in Manila will double revenues over the next five years. Alliance CEO Kevin...

Published July 8, 2019

Thousands Arrested in Kuala Lumpur Gaming Sting

Since January, police in Kuala Lumpur have linked more than 14,700 people to scores of illegal gambling operations in the country. Authorities said lottery is the most ubiquitous form...

Published July 1, 2019

IPI Wants Online License

Hong Kong-listed Imperial Pacific International, which operates the sole casino resort on the Pacific island of Saipan, has expressed its interest in “entering into Saipan online gaming operations.”

Published July 1, 2019

Laos Proposes Higher Casino Taxes

The Lao Minister of Finance Somdy Douangdy (l.) is planning a range of tax increases to take effect January 2020. The levy imposed on casinos and casino games will...

Published July 1, 2019

Macau Visitation Jumps 25 Percent in May

The Chinese casino enclave welcomed 3.4 million visitors in May, raising its total for the first five months of the year to more than 17 million, an increase of...

Published July 1, 2019

IHG, Sands China Announce Partnership

IHG, one of the world’s leading hotel companies, and Sands China Ltd. announced last week that the Venetian and Parisian Macao (l.) resorts will become InterContinental Alliance Resorts partners,...

Published July 1, 2019

Diamond Fortune Shares Primorye Details

Diamond Fortune Holding Prim, in investor in Russia’s Primorye gaming zone (l.), has unveiled its design for the Imperial casino, which is scheduled to open in late 2020.

Published July 1, 2019

Chinese Charged in Cambodia Building Collapse

The Chinese investment and building boom in Cambodia apparently has taken a toll in lives. Twenty-eight construction workers were killed when an unfinished structure collapsed. The tragedy happened in...

Published July 1, 2019

Wang Wins by Waiting out MBS

Marina Bay Sands has given up its efforts to recover some $10 million in gambling debts from an Australian-Chinese business tycoon. On June 6, the Singapore resort filed a...

Published June 24, 2019

JRA Suspends 150-Plus Racehorses

The Japan Racing Association has suspended 156 racehorses from the upcoming calendar due to allegations that they were given an illegal performance-enhancing drug.

Published June 24, 2019

Okada Loses Wynn Claim

A Macau court has once again dismissed Kazuo Okada’s compensation claim against Wynn Macau and its former owner, Steve Wynn. Okada, a former member of the Wynn board, looked...

Published June 24, 2019

Quezon’s Belmonte Defies PAGCOR

Joy Belmonte (l.), the mayor-elect of Quezon City, Philippines, is standing by her decision to implement a casino entry fee for locals, overriding the authority of the country’s gaming...

Published June 24, 2019

Saipan Cracks Down on IPI

Saipan lawmakers may get tough with casino operator Imperial Pacific International, which has seen its tax contributions slide dramatically in the past year. Officials have proposed a 10 percent...

Published June 24, 2019

RW Manila to Reopen Casino Floor

Travellers International Hotel Group, owner and operator of Resorts World Manila, is preparing to reopen the second level of the property’s gaming floor (l.), which was shut down after...

Published June 24, 2019

Cambodia Casino Boom Continues

Cambodia has issued at least 13 new gaming licenses since January for a grand total of 163. The government says tax revenues from the sector will total $70 million...

Published June 24, 2019