{"id":28498,"date":"2022-03-29T07:09:57","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T10:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=28498"},"modified":"2026-04-23T10:07:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T13:07:05","slug":"two-new-jersey-investors-interested-in-operating-casinos-in-saipan-says-ccc-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/two-new-jersey-investors-interested-in-operating-casinos-in-saipan-says-ccc-director","title":{"rendered":"Two New Jersey investors interested in operating casinos in Saipan, says CCC director"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Andrew Yeom, the Commonwealth Casino Commission\u2019s executive director, has revealed that he&#8217;s received official calls from two investors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Northern Mariana Islands.- During an interview with Saipan Tribune, Andrew Yeom has revealed that\u00a0<strong>two New Jersey investors<\/strong>\u00a0are interested in operating an offline and online casino in Saipan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yeom said he could not give more details\u00a0until the situation of current licensee Imperial Pacific International (CNMI) LLC is clarified. He would not elaborate on whether the investors were interested in buying IPI&#8217;s casino complex in Garapan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the moment, Saipan has only one exclusive licence. IPI&#8217;s licence is currently suspended for failing to pay regulatory fees. The CCC board plans to hold a hearing in May to decide whether the licence should be permanently revoked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The<strong>\u00a0Supreme Court of the Northern Mariana Islands\u00a0<\/strong>has rejected an appeal by IPI<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>against the\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/imperial-pacific-faces-saipan-casino-licence-suspension\" target=\"_blank\">suspension of its licence<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andrew Yeom, the Commonwealth Casino Commission\u2019s executive director, has revealed that he&#8217;s received official calls from two investors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Two New Jersey investors have expressed interest in securing an iGaming and land-based casino license in Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands. This development coincides with the Commonwealth Casino Commission's impending decision on the permanent revocation of Imperial Pacific International's (IPI) exclusive license due to outstanding regulatory fees, a suspension upheld by the Supreme Court. The outcome of IPI's hearing in May will dictate the market entry conditions for potential new operators.","focusai_entities":"Andrew Yeom, Commonwealth Casino Commission, Imperial Pacific International (CNMI) LLC, Saipan Tribune, Supreme Court of the Northern Mariana Islands","focusai_location":"Northern Mariana Islands, Saipan, New Jersey, Garapan","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.85), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"IPI License Impact","query":"What are the specific financial and operational implications for Imperial Pacific International (IPI) if its exclusive license in Saipan is permanently revoked, particularly concerning its existing assets and liabilities?"},{"label":"New Investor Due Diligence","query":"What are the Commonwealth Casino Commission's enhanced due diligence requirements and governance frameworks for vetting new B2B\/B2C licensing applicants, especially given the regulatory compliance issues faced by the incumbent operator?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,28],"tags":[14213,22674,23907],"class_list":["post-28498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-casino-news","tag-imperial-pacific","tag-ipi","tag-land-based-casino"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28498"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28513,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28498\/revisions\/28513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}