05/08/21 China: 18,000 cases of cross-border gambling detected Chinese police have arrested more than 110,000 people in relation to cross-border gambling in the last year.
05/08/21 Macau occupancy hits 83.2% during Labour Day break Macau hotels and guest houses registered an occupancy rate of 83.2 per cent, which represents a 34.9 percentage point improvement from the 48.3 per cent occupancy rate during the Chinese New Year holiday.
05/08/21 Japan: Wakayama urged to select IR partner soon The Wakayama IR Promotion Council has asked the prefecture to speed up the process to select an operator partner for its IR bid.
05/08/21 GKL casino sales for April up 48% month-on-month Grand Korea Leisure (GKL) has reported KRW8.83bn (US$7.9m) in sales for April.
05/07/21 Macau: Studio City casino resort deadline extended Studio City International Holdings has received a seven-month extension to finish the phase 2 expansion at Studio City casino resort.
05/07/21 South Korean casinos visits down 71.3% in 2020 In 2020 South Korean casinos received only 1,760,232 visits, down from 6,128,952 in 2019.
05/07/21 Macau received 165,500 visitors arrivals over Labour Day break The peak in arrivals came at the start of the Labour Day break with more than 44,000 visitors arriving on May 1.
05/07/21 Macau to launch consultation on gaming rights with legislators The consultation on gaming rights will be held on May 17 will gather legislators’ opinions about future gaming concessions.
05/07/21 Japan: online gambling drives betting on bicycle races In 2020, bicycle racing ticket sales rose to nearly JPY750bn (US$6.9bn), a 13.6 per cent increase year-on-year.
05/06/21 Macau: Adriano Ho to continue as DICJ director until 2023 The Macau government has confirmed that Adriano Marques Ho will continue as DICJ director for two more years.
05/06/21 Grand Lisboa Palace to open in June with 304 gaming tables According to analysts, SJM Holdings plans to open the Grand Lisboa Palace with 304 gaming tables and 1,034 slot games while the hotel will open with limited capacity.
05/06/21 Osaka worried about future of IR development Osaka Prefecture fears that with only one contender, it may have lost the ability to negotiate terms in its IR development plans.
05/06/21 Melco announces voluntary redundancy programme Melco Resorts has announced a voluntary redundancy programme offering up to 12 months salary to allow staff to “pursue new objectives and priorities”
05/05/21 Macau: arrivals drop on third day of Labour Day break Macau authorities registered 34,000 entries via the international airport and Hengqin Port on May 3, while more than 160,000 entries were registered the previous day.
05/04/21 Paradise Co revenue down 34.4% in April Financial results show a 34.4 per cent fall in casino revenue for the South Korean operator, Paradise Co.
