02/10/21 Macau GGR drops to US$187.8m in first week of February Revenues declined against January following the usual pattern before the Chinese New Year holiday period.
02/10/21 Fifth contender named for Nagasaki IR THE NIKI and Chyau Fwu (Parkview) Group has been confirmed as the fifth group to enter Nagasaki’s request-for-proposal (RFP) process.
02/03/21 NagaCorp announces share award scheme The casino operator has announced the award to incentivise key employees.
02/03/21 Bojoko debuts in New Zealand The affiliate site has expanded into the region with its launch in New Zealand.
02/02/21 Pagcor revenue down 60% in 2020 Chairman Andrea Domingo blamed the Covid-19 pandemic and problems encountered by the offshore gaming operations for the decline.
01/30/21 500.com takes majority stake in Loto Interactive The Chinese lottery services provider will acquire shares to take its interest in the company from about 33 per cent to over 54 per cent of all issued capital.
01/30/21 Five contenders for Nagasaki IR The prefecture has not named the competing companies but says they are from Europe, the US and Asia.
01/29/21 Suncity to promote sustainable tourism in Wakayama In it’s bid for the integrated resort project in Wakayama, Suncity Group proposes building a yacht harbour.
01/29/21 89% of Macau casino workers are local Senior and middle management positions at the six major casino operators in Macau are mostly local people.
01/29/21 Macau hotel occupancy at highest since January 2020 The average hotel occupancy rate in Macau reached 53.1 per cent in December.
01/29/21 LVS CEO: “I can’t wait to invest US$10bn in Macau” Las Vegas Sands’ new CEO will honour the company’s late founder’s wishes and increase investment in Macau if authorities require it for the 2022 tender.
01/28/21 Macau casinos have fewer Michelin-starred restaurants Macau has three fewer Michelin-starred restaurants in the Michelin Guide Hong Kong Macau 2021.
01/28/21 Number of Macau junkets continues to fall Everything indicates that 2021 will be the eight consecutive year of the downward trend in the number of licensed VIP junkets in Macau.
01/28/21 Japan sees 7% drop in number of pachinko halls The number of operational pachinko halls in Japan fell by 584 in 2020, with a large drop in available machines.
01/28/21 Skycity makes management changes The New Zealand operator had made three internal promotions at SkyCity Auckland and Adelaide, effective from February 1.
