Sun International Buys Up Chilean Casino

Sun International Ltd., the second largest casino operator in South Africa and owner of Sun City, has paid $146 million to buy the rest of the Monticello Casino (l.)...

Published July 14, 2014

SABMiller to Sell Billion-Dollar Casino Stake

U.K.-based beverage company SABMiller will sell off a non-core asset: it’s stake in a South African hotel-casino company. SABMiller’s stake in Tsogo Sun Holdings of worth in excess of...

Published July 14, 2014

Tatts Wins, Victoria Loses

A long-running court battle between gaming operators Tatts and Tabcorp and the state of Victoria has ended in a big win for Tatts. Tabcorp was not so lucky. Both...

Published July 7, 2014

Plot Thickens on Saipan

Two bidders for a casino license on the Pacific island of Saipan are at war. Marianas Stars is suing rival Imperial Pacific alleging illegal behavior and has obtained a...

Published July 7, 2014

Bermuda Tourism Authority Focuses On Online Promotion

Bermuda is turning to the internet to better get its tourism information out to the public. As much as 82 percent of the island’s tourism promotion will now be...

Published July 7, 2014

Echo, Chow Tai Fook Join Forces in Brisbane

Echo Entertainment appears to have outflanked rival Crown Resorts in Brisbane, combining its bid for the Queensland capital’s new casino license with those of Chinese powerhouses Chow Tai Fook...

Published June 30, 2014

Tinian Owners Sue Saipan Rival

The fight over Saipan’s new casino license has gotten ugly. One bidder, which happens to own the competing casino, the Tinian Dynasty (l.), on neighboring Tinian island, has accused...

Published June 30, 2014

Casino Debuts Near Carberry, Manitoba

First Nations' Sand Hills Casino recently opened to the public near Carberry, Manitoba. The third First Nations operation, the property is managed by Hemisphere Gaming, which financed and developed...

Published June 30, 2014

Yida International to Invest $2B in Caribbean

A Beijing-based investment group has announced plans to spend $2 billion on the development of a destination resort with a casino on the Caribbean island nation of Antigua and...

Published June 30, 2014

Casino Nova Scotia to Get $10M Upgrade

The operator of Casino Nova Scotia’s properties in Halifax and Sydney will invest $10 million in capital improvements in the facilities by the end of 2015, the Canadian company...

Published June 30, 2014

Chinese Company Plans Antigua Megaresort

A Beijing-based investment group has signed an accord with the government of Antigua and Barbuda on development of a US$2 billion resort with a casino on the Caribbean island...

Published June 23, 2014

Marianas Stars Pushes for Two Saipan Casinos

Two groups are bidding for Saipan’s sole casino license, and one of them, the owners of the competing Tinian Dynasty (l.) casino on neighboring Tinian island, wants Saipan to...

Published June 23, 2014

Aquis’ Mantra: ‘Build It and They Will Come’

Tony Fung (l.) looks across Australia’s northern tropics and sees a resort mecca with the potential to rival Macau. Plans for his massive A$8 billion Aquis Resort complex near...

Published June 16, 2014

In Oz, Slots Still the Name of the Game

Slots continue to dominate gambling in Australia, accounting for almost two-thirds of total annual spend, according to recently released data for the year through March. Sports betting generated 5...

Published June 16, 2014

Study Details Chinese-Australian Gambling

Monash University in Melbourne, Australia recently issued a report indicating Chinese immigrants are more at risk of problem gambling than Australia's general population. The study also said Chinese immigrants...

Published June 16, 2014

Craigie Pushes Crown’s China Strategy

Australia needs to raise its game if it’s to capture its share of China’s booming and increasingly affluent market of overseas travelers. That’s the word from Crown Resorts CEO...

Published June 9, 2014

Tinian’s Owners Decry Lack of Local Support

The war of words is heating up between Tinian Dynasty’s new owners and local regulators on the western Pacific island. The owners say they saved the ailing casino from...

Published June 9, 2014

Bermudans Wary of Casino Plan

A new plan to develop a casino resort on an old Club Med site (l.) in Bermuda has met with skepticism if not downright disbelief. Lawmakers have been promising...

Published June 9, 2014

Jamaica Gaming Generated $4.5 Billion

In the past three years, gaming revenue has rising to $4.5 billion in Jamaica and the island's Minister of Finance and Planning Horace Dalley said there's room for more....

Published June 9, 2014

Bahamas Gaming Board Tours Baha Mar

Construction on Nassau’s Baha Mar has progressed and the $3.5 billion complex will open before the end of the year. Last week, the owners showed it off to the...

Published June 9, 2014