08/07/20 Konami sees digital gaming and sports soar The Japanese giant’s digital entertainment segment, including eSports, helped offset revenue fall in other areas.
08/07/20 Sales drop 33.5% for Sega Sammy in Q2 Covid-19 measures affected the gaming giant’s pachislot and pachinko machines business as well as its integrated resorts unit.
08/07/20 Pachislot machines see Universal through the pandemic While its IR in the Philippines has been closed since March 15, Universal’s gaming machines business saw a 141 per cent increase in sales.
08/07/20 Genting Singapore reports “devastating” results The operator says its timeline for the expansion of Resorts World Sentosa will be affected but that it remains interested in Yokohama’s IR project.
08/07/20 Lotto resumes ticket sales in Philippines Operations will return only in areas under general community quarantine and modified general community quarantine.
08/06/20 Macau grants licence to new Cotai hotel The Macau Government Tourism Office has awarded casino operator SJM a licence for the opening of new venue Lisboeta.
08/06/20 Macau to recover faster than Las Vegas, analyst says According to a professor and tourism expert, Macau will recover from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic faster than Las Vegas.
08/06/20 Imperial Pacific: no connection with execs facing prosecution Casino company Imperial Pacific has stated that it has no involvement in the case of two executives indicted in the Northern Mariana Islands.
08/06/20 Paradise Co. sales show monthly improvement Revenues for the first seven months of 2020 remain 47.5 per cent below the same period in 2019.
08/06/20 Singapore expects more job cuts in gaming sector Tourism Board CEO Keith Tan said delays in casino expansions are “inevitable.”
08/06/20 Asian gaming provider stock climbed in July The AGEM Index increased by 13.55 points in July to 420.86, up 3.3 per cent on June.
08/06/20 Donaco in “final negotiation stages” to land CEO Paul Arbuckle’s term as interim CEO ended on August 4 and the operator has yet to assign a replacement.
08/06/20 JIRA: IR specialists still interested in Japan Almost 80 per cent of those consulted in a survey say the Covid-19 crisis has not diminished their interest in participating.
08/05/20 Wynn Macau reports US$351m loss for Q2 Wynn Macau casino and resort has revealed financial results for the second quarter of the year showing a net loss of US$351 million.
08/05/20 Macau: 338 companies closing in H1 According to the Statistics and Census Bureau, 338 firms in the city of Macau were in the process of closing down in the first half of the year.
