01/28/20 Coronavirus leads to drop in Macau casino stock value Sands, Wynn and MGM have seen their stock price drop as the virus outbreak continues to impact Macau visitor numbers .
01/28/20 Macau IRs shut facilities after another confirmed case of Coronavirus Macau’s Health Bureau confirmed a seventh case of the infection after a 67-year-old woman from Wuhan became feverish on Sunday.
01/28/20 Macau visitor numbers plummet and travel visas suspended The number of visitors to Macau from mainland China dropped by almost 80% year-on-year on Sunday.
01/28/20 Philippines gaming regulator orders quarantine Philippines gaming regulator orders ten-day quarantine period for POGO workers entering the country in a bid to halt spread of Coronavirus.
01/28/20 Adelaide’s SkyCity exclusively launches Tiger Baccarat The Adelaide resort becomes the first in Australia to install Tiger Baccarat.
01/27/20 Coronavirus sees Macau visitor numbers almost half during Golden Week During the first two days of Golden Week, Macau visitor numbers were down 49.9% year-on-year
01/27/20 Yokohama to hold first Japan IR Expo The two-day event will be hosted by the Integrated Resort (IR) Yokohama Promotion Council and the Japan IR Expo in Yokohama Committee
01/24/20 Macau casino workers ordered to wear masks The decision was taken to prevent the spread of the deadly Wuhan Coronavirus, which has killed 26 people and infected more than 830
01/24/20 Macau casinos prepare for closure if Coronavirus outbreak worsens Two people have so far been diagnosed with the virus in Macau.
01/24/20 Sands China reveals employee bonus and salary boost Macau IR operator has announced a discretionary bonus and a salary increase for employees.
01/23/20 Macau casinos deploy temperature monitoring at hundreds of entrances Macau’s casino operators are performing temperature tests at 405 guest entrances and 47 employee entrances
01/23/20 Miyagi prefecture mulls IR bid The prefecture survey said that the “excessive investment” of JPY 330 billion (US$3 billion) could take “20 to 46 years” to recover
01/23/20 Macau: second case of pneumonia virus confirmed and CNY parade cancelled The second patient is a 66-year-old from Wuhan in China’s Hubei province who entered Macau on Wednesday afternoon
01/23/20 Crimea casino plans on hold in Russia Russia has announced it has stopped its Crimea casino plans as President Vladimir Putin assured he has other priorities rather than the industry.
01/23/20 Red Tiger’s Piggy Riches gets the Megaways treatment Piggy Riches Megaways also features the developer’s hugely popular Daily Drop jackpots.