03/14/16 Macau Casino to create Avatar-Like Theme Park The Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd is betting on theme parks, a more family-friendly endeavour.
03/11/16 Macau casinos reduce shuttle bus routes So far, six casinos have agreed to reduce and optimise shuttle bus routes by a fifth.
03/11/16 Illegal gambling operation raided in Northern Laos Local authorities seized more than 100 slot machines in a raid conducted this month as police officers cracked down illegal gambling dens.
03/11/16 Part of the stolen Bangladeshi funds made it to Philippine casinos PAGCOR declared that out of the US$81 million that entered the Philippines, only US$46 million ended up in the local casino industry.
03/11/16 Galaxy Entertainment keeps growing Lui Che Woo: “With the two new developments completed last year, we believe that we have significantly enhanced our mass and family offer and competitive positioning.”
03/10/16 Gambling scandal shakes Yomiuri Giants in Japan Three executives have resigned and players are likely to face criminal charges.
03/07/16 Casinos will be moved out of River Mandovi in India The government won’t further extend the time period for the river’s four offshore casinos to move out of Mandovi.
03/07/16 Alibaba acquires lottery provider AGTech After the acquisition of the Hong Kong listed company, Alibaba will return to the Chinese lottery business.
03/07/16 Illegal gambling ring raided in Vietnam Police officers arrested more than 100 gamblers and seized a dozen of cars in the premises.
03/07/16 Twenty two gamblers arrested in Malaysia The authorities of Petaling Jaya’s also seized RM136,399 (US$33,579) worth of cash and gambling chips.
03/07/16 Three new casinos to be constructed in Russia The complexes will be designed by American Steelman Partners, a brand that won awards for its works in the entertainment architecture such as Four Seasons and Hard Rock among others.
03/07/16 Hard Rock expands in Asia This year, Hard Rock is working on its global expansion as it also arrived to new Latin America markets.
03/04/16 Pagcor requires casinos to tighten its internal controls The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp issued a warning intended to remind casino operators to optimise its policies on funds movements and issuances of playing chips.
03/01/16 Macau reported smallest decline in 20 months Despite analysts expected a fall of 2-10 percent, growth in gambling revenue dropped 0.1 percent to 19.5 billion patacas (US$2.4 billion.)
02/29/16 Mohegan Sun Group and KCC Corp to build casino in South Korea A Native American tribe and a Korean chemicals maker won a bid in the Asian country to develop a US$1.2 billion casino.