04/29/21 Melco CEO says China is the most important market for Macau Melco Resorts Chairman stated that although a travel bubble between Hong Kong and Macau would be great news, mainland China is the most important market.
04/29/21 Australia: Casino revenue down 4.8% in 2018/2019 Australian players spent 0.5 per cent more on gambling during the 2018/2019 fiscal year but casino revenue fell by 4.8 per cent.
04/29/21 Japan could legalise more sports betting by 2024 Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the Japanese government has started to discuss the possibility of legalising baseball and football sports betting.
04/29/21 Cambodia: Donaco casino closes due to Covid-19 restrictions Donaco’s Star Vegas casino has temporarily closed its doors along with other casinos in Poipet amid new Covid-19 countermeasures.
04/29/21 India: Goa casinos to close until May 3 Health professionals had asked the government to temporarily close Goa’s casinos due to an alarming rise in the number of Covid-19 cases.
04/29/21 Yokohama anti-IR parties seek single mayoral candidate The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan is still seeking a single anti-IR candidate to run for the Yokohama mayoral elections.
04/29/21 Landing still committed to developing Philippine IR PAGCOR has granted Landing International more time to submit a remedy for the provisional licence for its development of an integrated resort.
04/29/21 PAGCOR gaming revenue down 51.4% in first quarter Pagcor has reported that gaming revenue for the first three months of the year fell to PHP8.36bn due to the Covid-19 pandemic and related countermeasures.
04/28/21 Entain ups its offer for Tabcorp to US$2.7bn The British gaming giant Entain has upped its original offer for Tabcorp from AU$3bn to AU$3.5bn.
04/28/21 Cambodian capital extends Covid-19 curfew until May 5 Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh has extended its curfew until May 5 as the rate of new Covid-19 cases remains high.
04/28/21 Crown Melbourne hit with AU$1m fine over junket operations The Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation has fined Crown Melbourne AU$1m (US$777,305) for not complying with regulatory requirements concerning junket operations.
04/28/21 Crown’s Barangaroo casino gets interim liquor licence Crown’s licence to sell alcohol at restaurants and bars at its new property in Barangaroo, Sydney, has been extended until October 2021. Its gaming facilities remain closed.
04/28/21 Macau announces new border crossing with Guangdong for H2 The new border crossing for pedestrians will connect Macau with the city of Zhuhai, in mainland China’s Guangdong province.
04/28/21 Delta Corp asks for waiver on licence fees As India faces a rapid rise in Covid-19 cases, Delta Corp has asked authorities for a waiver on licence fees due to the impact on its venues.
04/27/21 Japan: horseracing off-track betting facilities suspended Amid a fourth wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, Japanese authorities have suspended horseracing off-track betting facilities and the presence of spectators at races in four prefectures.
