05/11/21 Australian gambling companies against block on credit cards Responsible Wagering Australia claimed there was no evidence of a relationship between using credit cards for online betting and gambling problems.
05/10/21 Macau GGR hits US$563m for first nine days of May According to analysts, Macau’s casinos’ gross gaming revenue for the first nine days of May was up 79 per cent month-on-month.
05/10/21 Okura Holdings permanently closes two pachinko venues Okura Holdings will close two pachinko venues from May 10 due to poor financial performance since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic.
05/10/21 Crown receives acquisition offer from The Star Entertainment Crown Resorts has received an AU$12bn (US$9.4bn) offer from Australian casino operator The Star Entertainment.
05/08/21 Genting Singapore revenue down 32% in Q1 Genting Singapore has reported that revenue dropped 32 per cent year-on-year to SGD277.9m.
05/08/21 Macau occupancy hits 83.2% during Labour Day break Macau hotels and guest houses registered an occupancy rate of 83.2 per cent, which represents a 34.9 percentage point improvement from the 48.3 per cent occupancy rate during the Chinese New Year holiday.
05/08/21 Apollo makes US$3.10bn offer for Tabcorp Apollo Global Management has put two new offers on the table for Tabcorp, one equaling the offer made by Entain last week and one offering US$3.10bn for including its gaming services business.
05/07/21 South Korean casinos visits down 71.3% in 2020 In 2020 South Korean casinos received only 1,760,232 visits, down from 6,128,952 in 2019.
05/07/21 Macau received 165,500 visitors arrivals over Labour Day break The peak in arrivals came at the start of the Labour Day break with more than 44,000 visitors arriving on May 1.
05/07/21 Japan: online gambling drives betting on bicycle races In 2020, bicycle racing ticket sales rose to nearly JPY750bn (US$6.9bn), a 13.6 per cent increase year-on-year.
05/06/21 Melco announces voluntary redundancy programme Melco Resorts has announced a voluntary redundancy programme offering up to 12 months salary to allow staff to “pursue new objectives and priorities”
05/05/21 Macau: arrivals drop on third day of Labour Day break Macau authorities registered 34,000 entries via the international airport and Hengqin Port on May 3, while more than 160,000 entries were registered the previous day.
05/04/21 PAGCOR allows two more IRs to take online bets PAGCOR has announced that Solaire Resort and Casino and Resorts World Manila will now be allowed to offer online table games and slots.
05/04/21 Macau negotiating Covid-19 test exemption for vaccinated travellers Macau is seeking an agreement that would allow those who have been vaccinated against Covid-19 to travel between Macau and mainland China without needing to show a negative nucleic acid test.
