07/28/21 Macau GGR down 14% for third week of July Macau’s GGR in the third week of July was down 14 per cent when compared to the previous week.
07/28/21 Okada Manila launches Covid-19 vaccination plan for employees Okada Manila has announced it will start to offer free Covid-19 vaccines to its staff. It hopes to complete vaccinations by the fourth quarter of 2021.
07/28/21 Macau: Studio City to list US$1.1bn in bonds Studio City has announced it will list US$1.1bn in 5 per cent bonds due in 2029 on the Chongwa (Macao) Financial Asset Exchange.
07/28/21 Malaysia: 20 arrested for illegal cockfight Police found a group gambling on illegal cockfights in Kampung Baru Senai.
07/28/21 Melco Resorts posts US$566.4m in revenue for Q2 Melco Resorts & Entertainment has reported total operating revenues of US$566.4m for the second quarter of 2021, up 222 per cent.
07/27/21 Crown Perth’s licence could be cancelled before end of inquiry Paul Evans, the lawyer for Western Australia’s gambling regulator, has told the state’s Royal Commission it could cancel Crown Perth’s casino licence before the end of the inquiry if necessary.
07/27/21 WA Royal Commission extends inquiry into Crown Perth The WA government has announced that Western Australia’s Royal Commission into Crown Perth will be extended until March 2022 to give commissioners more time to carry out investigations.
07/27/21 Cambodia: Phnom Penh extends Covid-19 measures until August 6 The Cambodian capital has announced that countermeasures will remain in place until August 6.
07/27/21 Macau: new border control measures amid Covid-19 rise in China Authorities in Macau have recently imposed a 14-day quarantine on visitors from four Chinese provinces.
07/27/21 500.com to dispose of its lottery business 500.com, now known as BIT Mining, has announced its decision to dispose of its Chinese lottery business for nil consideration.
07/27/21 Seoul casinos under “Level 4” social distancing rules until August 9 Authorities in Seoul have announced the city will retain “Level 4” social distancing rules until at least August 9.
07/27/21 Former Star employee convicted for betting scam A former baccarat dealer at Star Entertainment has been convicted for his part in a scam that cheated the casino out of almost AU$500,000 in 2020.
07/27/21 China: 46,575 prosecuted for gambling-related crimes in H1 China has reported that 46,575 people were prosecuted for gambling-related crimes in the first half of the year, up 27.7 per cent when compared with the same period of 2019.
07/24/21 New Zealand: concerns casinos will become “pokies dens” Dunedin’s Grand Casino operator wants to remove a mandatory requirement to have at least one gaming table open and increase the number of slots instead.
