Imperial Palace is the only licensed casino in Saipan, and has been closed for almost two years. A new legislative bill would strip regulators of their salaries, since no casino is currently open. At one point, the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) had high hopes for Imperial Palace. The casino in Saipan was going […]
Macau casinos kicked off 2022 slower than they did a year ago. Gross gaming revenue (GGR) last month totaled MOP6.34 billion (US$793 million), which was 20.9 percent less than the casinos won in January of 2021. Data from Macau’s Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) reveals that casinos additionally experienced a more than 20 percent […]
Macau Judiciary Police last Friday arrested Levo Chan, 49, the head of casino junket operator Tak Chun. Chan is the second boss of a major junket firm to be arrested since late November in the world’s richest casino market. Judiciary Police did not specifically identify Chan by name, instead announcing only that a Macau resident […]
Crimes linked to the gaming industry in Macau increased last year from 2020 figures. However, changes coming to operators and junkets could lead to a decline later this year. A report presented by Macau’s Judicial Police on Thursday indicates that Macau saw a year-on-year increase of 23.2% in “gaming-related” crimes last year. This follows a […]
The saga surrounding a workers’ strike at the NagaWorld casino resort in Cambodia last month is far from over. Support for workers jailed after the strike is coming from union employees at Coca-Cola, Chevron and more. A workers’ strike at Cambodia’s NagaWorld that began in December has been, for the most part, mundane. The events […]
Sands (LVS) isn’t too concerned about the multibillion-dollar lawsuit playing out in Macau. It’s ready to spend $1 billion to upgrade Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. Sands (LVS) has begun a $1-billion “renovation project” of the hotel accommodations at its Marina Bay Sands (MBS) casino resort in Singapore. Robert Goldstein, chairman and CEO of the […]
Hong Kong won’t likely reopen its borders completely until 2024. Should this be the case, it could cause a ripple effect that might impact Macau’s casino market. Hong Kong has implemented new policies in an effort to keep COVID-19 from becoming a bigger threat. This means the city is likely to remain “semi-closed for international […]
The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp (PAGCOR) has received a pat on the back. Its attention to anti-money laundering (AML) policies in the country has earned it a commendation from the country’s AML watchdog. PAGCOR has a lot of activity to manage. It operates several casinos in the Philippines but also oversees most of the […]
Legislators in Macau have had their first official review of the city’s new gambling laws. The results are in line with expectations, with almost 100% support appearing. Macau’s Legislative Assembly spent more than two hours discussing the new gambling laws. When they were done scrutinizing the draft measures, the outcome was clear: 30 Assembly members […]
Macau International Airport began welcoming back international flights to the Chinese Special Administrative Region (SAR) effective Monday, January 24. But there won’t be a major influx of passenger traffic. Following a 14-day embargo on arriving international flights, Macau welcomed its first foreign-originating flight early Monday morning China Standard Time. Macau, one of two SARs in […]
The Grand Imperial casino in the city of Opol in the Philippines shut down on Jan. 17 over COVID-19 concerns. And if it were up to some local churches in the area, it would stay that way. The Grand Imperial, located in Opol in Barangay Tabac, opened its doors in December of last year. It […]
Junkets continue to see their share of the Macau casino scene shrink. Galaxy Entertainment is the latest to confirm it is no longer dealing with the junket segment. Long before Suncity Group fell out of favor in the Asian gaming community, junkets were already running into trouble. When Suncity, once the largest junket operator in […]
