05/08/20 Hong Kong starts reopening venues after lockdown Gaming arcades and mahjong parlours are open from today as the country moves out of Covid-19 lockdown.
05/07/20 Kangwon Land to resume operations May 8 South Korea’s only casino for locals to legally gamble, Kangwon Land, is to reopen after being forced to close due to Covid-19.
05/07/20 Casino operator reopens in South Korea Grand Korea Leisure will become the first casino operator in South Korea to reopen after it had closing operations on March 24.
05/05/20 Japan: Government IR Basic Policy to be published in July Bay City Ventures the Basic Policy will be published on July 26 but that the government’s IR implementation could be delayed until July of 2021.
05/04/20 IPI furloughs 500 workers Imperial Pacific International is the latest operator to cut staff numbers after being forced to close due to Covid-19.
04/29/20 New Brisbane casino to feature 2,500 slot machines Queen’s Wharf will open in 2022 and feature 800 more slot machines than the current Brisbane casino license holder, The Treasury.
04/29/20 Imperial Pacific to pay $5.6m for contract breach Imperial Pacific International has been ordered to pay to its former contractor for breaching a promissory note.
04/29/20 Sands China launches cutting-edge hybrid energy system Macau casino operator replaces gas boiler with state of the art solar thermal heat pump hybrid energy plant.
04/28/20 Tokyo likely to join race for IR licence in Japan Global Market Advisors says it is a case of it not when the city will join the likes of Osaka and Yokohama in bidding for an IR licence.
04/24/20 Goa: river boat casinos handed six-month extension Six floating casinos on the Mandovi River have been given another six months to find an alternative location.
04/24/20 Macau: just two hotels being used as quarantine venues Sheraton Grand Macao has been removed from the list of properties being used as quarantine venues in the city.
04/23/20 Malaysia government discusses ending lockdown Members of the government in Malaysia have discussed possible easing of lockdown measures in the country, which could see casinos reopen.
04/23/20 Vietnam: Royal International reports big losses for 1Q20 Operator posts a €2.8million loss in the first three months of the year, which it has attributed to the Coronavirus crisis.
04/23/20 Wynn Macau: market to take time to recover The casino operator said the crisis will impact its business “for a significant lenght of time”.
04/22/20 Singapore to remain in lockdown until June Casinos remain closed until at least June 1 as country ramps up fight against Coronavirus.
