07/21/21 Macau visitor arrivals up 20.2% in H1 Macau registered 3.93m visitor arrivals in the first half of the year, up 20.2 per cent from the previous period.
07/21/21 GKL temporarily closes Seven Luck Seoul Gangnam Grand Korea Leisure has announced the temporary closure of the Seven Luck Seoul Gangnam until Thursday after a worker tested positive for Covid-19.
07/20/21 SJM wants to operate a casino at Lisboeta SJM Holdings is in negotiations to operate a casino at the new Cotai property.
07/20/21 Macau GGR up 6% for second week of July Macau’s GGR in the second week of July was up 6 per cent when compared to the previous week.
07/20/21 Macau changes health code requirements for Chinese visitors Macau authorities have revised the health code requirements for mainland Chinese visitors.
07/20/21 SJM to take over management of Diamond Casino due to Covid-19 losses Due to losses caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, SJM Resorts has decided to take over the management of the Diamond Casino.
07/20/21 MGM-Orix to invest US$9.1bn in Osaka IR MGM-Orix, the only contender in Osaka’s IR tender, intends to invest nearly US$9.1bn in the development of the integrated resort.
07/17/21 Macau: gaming staff activist withdraws from legislative election Cloee Chao Sao Fong, a casino labour activist, has been disqualified along with 20 other candidates for not pledging allegiance to the Macau Special Administrative Region.
07/17/21 Macau reaches US$2.11bn in mass-market GGR in Q2 Macau has reported that mass-market GGR for the second quarter of the year represented nearly 66.5 per cent of total casino gaming revenue.
07/17/21 Yokohama: pro-IR mayor to run for fourth term Pro-IR Yokohama mayor Fumiko Hayashi has confirmed she intends to run for a fourth term in office at elections in August.
07/17/21 China continues to expand gambling blacklist The Ministry of Culture and Tourism is preparing a third selection of overseas gambling destinations to add to its blacklist.
07/16/21 Melco Resorts may perform well in Q3, analysts say Bernstein has said that Melco Resorts may do well in the third quarter of the year fueled by premium mass revenue.
07/16/21 Paradise City confirms reopening of non-gaming facilities from July 16 Paradise City in Incheon, South Korea, has confirmed it will reopen its non-gaming facilities from July 16 as planned.
07/16/21 Genting Hong Kong will resume operations on July 30 Genting Hong Kong will ensure officers and crew are vaccinated before resuming sailings in Hong Kong from July 30.
07/16/21 Macau: suspicious transactions reports up 49.4% in H1 The gaming industry filed 693 suspicious transactions reports in Macau in the first six months of 2021, up 49.4 per cent year-on-year.