06/21/21 Success Universe provides financial assistance to Ponte 16 Success Universe Group has provided financial assistance to Ponte 16 and acted as guarantor of the company’s payment obligations.
06/19/21 Japan plans to link ID card with access to casino resorts Japan wants to tie its “My Number” ID card system to casino resorts to verify the identity of local players.
06/18/21 Hong Kong to shorten quarantine to 7 days for vaccinated visitors Hong Kong authorities have announced that fully vaccinated travellers will only have to undergo a seven-day quarantine instead of the current 21 days.
06/18/21 Pansy Ho Chiu King continues to reduce MGM Resorts stake Pansy Ho Chiu King has reduced her MGM Resorts International stake to 0.82 per cent after selling an aggregate of 204,459 shares.
06/18/21 Macau may double its number of gaming inspectors Authorities are planning to restructure the Macau Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau, adding more gaming inspectors and an extra director.
06/18/21 Macau to ease controls with two cities in Guangdong province A 14-day quarantine is no longer required for people coming from Shenzhen city and Maoming city in Guangdong.
06/18/21 Any partner of Las Vegas Sands had advantages in Macau, court hears Two members of the Macau Casino Gaming Commission at the time of Macau’s licence tender have given testimony in AAEC‘s lawsuit against LVS.
06/18/21 Yokohama opposition may have found its anti-IR mayoral candidate The opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan is expected to announce that Takeharu Yamanaka will be its candidate for the mayoral elections in August.
06/18/21 Paradise City to reopen non-gaming facilities from July After a year of closure, Paradise City in Incheon, South Korea, will reopen its non-gaming attractions from July.
06/17/21 Hong Kong: 79 arrested over illegal gambling Police have arrested 79 people in raids on a pub and an alleged illegal gambling den.
06/17/21 Macau: 4 arrested over casino scam Four women scammed a casino in Cotai and took HK$2m (US$258,000) between May and June.
06/17/21 Shambhala casino analyses first 2.5 months of operations The casino has shared an analysis of its first 2.5 months in operation and revealed it received an average of 550 guests per day and an average check per game of RUB8,439 (US$116).
06/17/21 Macau-Hong Kong travel bubble could start later in the summer According to Bernstein Research, a travel bubble between Hong Kong and Macau could be launched later in the summer as long as Covid-19 cases continue to decline in Hong Kong.
06/16/21 Debate over dates as AAEC lawsuit against Las Vegas Sands resumes Asian American Entertainment Corporation’s (AAEC) US$12m lawsuite against Las Vegas Sands has resumed today after a delay of a year.
