04/30/21 Nagasaki to launch education consortium to train future IR workers The education consortium will officially be launched if Nagasaki is finally selected as the location for one of Japan’s three IRs.
04/30/21 Macau hotel guests up 160.2% in March The Macau Statistics and Census Bureau has reported that the average occupancy rate at Macau hotels was up 16.9 per cent from the previous month.
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 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 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.
04/27/21 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.
04/27/21 Okada Manilla gets permission to take online bets Tiger Resort Leisure and Entertainment has announced that Okada Manila Resort will be the first casino in Entertainment City to launch an online product.
04/27/21 Australia: record spend on Tasmanian poker machines Player losses on Tasmanian poker machines have have reached almost AU$70,000 per day.
04/27/21 Macau daily GGR could reach US$50m during Labour Day break Macau’s daily gross gaming revenue (GGR) during the third week of April was MOP292m, up 9 per cent from March.
04/23/21 Melco revenue to reach 50% of 2019 levels in 2021, analysts say According to Moody’s, Melco Resorts could reach 100 per cent of pre-pandemic levels by the year 2023 with a better level of profit on its returning business.
04/23/21 Macau visitor arrivals up 255.4% in March Macau registered 754,541 visitor arrivals in March, up 76.7 per cent from the previous month.
04/22/21 Report suggests Macau consider online gambling to recover from Covid-19 Analysts say the recovery of Macau’s tourism sector may take longer than expected and that the city should consider turning to technology and online gambling to maintain revenue.
