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.
02/29/16 Japan casinos bill out of the question The Integrated Resorts Promotion bill will not be introduced during the current sitting of the Diet.
02/26/16 Study says Thais back casinos legalisation General opinion in Thailand is that casinos would enable the government to earn taxes, generate tourism income and create jobs.
02/24/16 Macau casino operators are targeting the locals The idea of the campaign is to promote non-gaming offerings and has been described as a corporate social responsibility initiative to give back to the community.
02/23/16 Seven-month extension for Parisian Macao Sands China was granted an extension to complete Parisian Macao by the Macau government.
02/19/16 MGM’s Cotai resort delayed until 2017 MGM Resorts International will delay the opening of its new facility in Macau due to “market conditions.”
