Mohegans Delay Korean Casino Groundbreaking

Construction will be delayed on the $1.6 billion Mohegan Sun casino (l.) in South Korea’s Incheon Free Economic Zone until spring of 2018. This will give Mohegan Gaming and...

Published November 27, 2017

Adelson Misses Party in Macau

Las Vegas Sands Corp. Chairman and CEO Sheldon Adelson (shown at the resort’s grand opening) missed the Venetian Macao’s 10th anniversary party after taking a fall. The 84-year-old billionaire...

Published November 27, 2017

MGM Cotai Taking Reservations

MGM Cotai (l.) has begun booking rooms in advance of the Macau resort’s grand opening on January 29, just in time for the Chinese New Year. Room rates at...

Published November 27, 2017

Casino Resort Developers Deny Wrongdoing in Philippines

Michael Foxman, director of the Macau Securities Resource Group, says a criminal complaint of market manipulation lodged by the Philippines’ SEC against him and agricultural firm the Calata Corp....

Published November 27, 2017

Naga2 Targets Chinese Tourists

Naga2, Phase II of the NagaWorld resort development in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, hopes the recently opened expansion will draw even more Chinese tourists to the casino complex.

Published November 27, 2017

Grand Lisboa Palace Plans for 150 Tables

Most of Macau’s newer casino resorts have room for hundreds of gaming tables, but have been awarded just 150 by the government. SJM Holdings hopes regulators will apply the...

Published November 27, 2017

Singapore Could Double Growth Estimates

Lee Hsien Loong, prime minister of Singapore, expects the country’s economy to grow by more than 3 percent for the year, with a low jobless rate and higher wages....

Published November 27, 2017

China Star to Sell Hotel Lan Kwai Fong

China Star Entertainment Ltd. says “uphill challenges in the near future” are behind its decision to sell the Hotel Lan Kwai Fong (l.) in Macau. Golden Dragon’s Chan Meng...

Published November 27, 2017

Betting Big on Vietnam

Suncity Group, Macau’s biggest junket operator, will invest billions of dollars in a casino resort in Vietnam’s Quang Nam Province. The Hoiana resort may be one of several open...

Published November 27, 2017

Several Singapore Slot Houses to Close

Seven sports clubs in Singapore have been ordered to close for failing to meet government regulations for slot machines. Singapore had around 82 jackpot venues in July, with almost...

Published November 27, 2017

13 Hotel Nearing Completion

The promoter of an ultra-high end hotel, 13 (l.), in Macau contends that the property will be complete and ready for inspection by mid-February. The 13 Holdings Ltd. says...

Published November 27, 2017

CNMI Wants to Raise Casino Fines

Lawmakers in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands are considering increasing the maximum fine that can be imposed on casinos that break the law. The current maximum fine...

Published November 27, 2017

Macau Postpones Trial

Macau lawmakers will reschedule the November 28 trial of lawmaker Sulu Sou Ka Hou. Sou and fellow activist Scott Chiang Meng Hin are charged with aggravated disobedience for protesting...

Published November 27, 2017

Another Squeeze for Macau VIPs?

Officials in Macau are taking a closer look at lending practices of the city’s 126 junket operators, continuing with a general audit that started earlier this year. Officials have...

Published November 20, 2017

Hard Rock Makes Big Splash In Japan

Hard Rock International is covering all the bases in its bid to win a Japan casino license. At a recent alt-rock concert in Yokohama, the U.S.-based gaming operator unveiled...

Published November 20, 2017

SJM: No New Satellites

Ambrose So, chairman of the board of Macau casino concessionaire SJM Holdings Ltd. says the company will not add more satellite casinos to its operations after its Grand Lisboa...

Published November 20, 2017

Solaire Land Up for Sale

The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. will auction off two parcels of land occupied by Solaire Resort and Casino in Manila’s Entertainment City. Solaire parent Bloomberry Resorts has the...

Published November 20, 2017

Philippines SEC Files Complaint against Calata

On November 8, the Philippines’ Securities and Exchange Commission filed a criminal complaint with the country’s Department of Justice against Calata Corp. and several executives for alleged market manipulation.

Published November 20, 2017

Legend to Sell Landmark—Lock, Stock and Casino

The presumed new owner of the Landmark Macau hotel (l.) will also acquire the casino operation there. The Pharaoh’s Palace gaming hall saw its revenue drop 22.6 percent in...

Published November 20, 2017

Slight Delay for Jeju Casino

Hong Kong-listed Landing International Development, promoter of Jeju Shinhwa World (l.) in South Korea, says the resort’s casino will open before the end of 2017, but after its previously...

Published November 20, 2017