Economy/Finance

Genting Singapore Increases Profit By 60% and Invests $5 Billion In the Resorts World Sentosa Expansion

Casino operator Genting Singapore Ltd reports about the sustained recovery in the region as the company generated almost SGD690.0 million (US$507.1 million) in gross gaming revenues in the third quarter of 2023...

Melco Relaunches Studio City in Q1 2024 Following the Record Casino Performance

Lawrence Ho Yau Lung, chairman and chief executive of the casino operating group Melco Resorts & Entertainment Ltd announces that the group's Macau complex Studio City will be launched in the first quarter ...

Flutter Cuts Full-Year Revenue Prediction, Shares Fall

Flutter Entertainment, a global gambling and sports wagering firm, is predicting that recent favorable results will help that full-year income reach the bottom of its former prediction range, except for the new...

Tentative Contract Is Slowly Forming With Las Vegas Hospitality Employees Amidst Strike Threat, States MGM’s CEO

After a landmark agreement at dawn on November 8 between the Caesars Entertainment and Las Vegas hotel employees union, a tentative contract is slowly forming for the 20,000 hospitality employees at MGM Resorts...

MGM China Hits $226 Million Record EBITDA; Exceeds 2019 Levels in Booming Macau Gambling Market

Macau gambling industry seems to have closed the page where pandemic impacted the business.  Eleven months after the January 8, 2023 re-opening of the casino facilities, the stakeholders are no longer referring...

Richmond Voters Reject A Proposed Casino Project For The Second Time

The do-over referendum for the Richmond casino project was unsuccessful at the ballot box by a much wider margin compared to the first casino referendum that was held two years ago, back in 2021. The primary re...

Gaming Innovation Group Strengthens Position in North America thorugh KaFe Rocks Acquisition

Gaming Innovation Group Inc. (GiG) acquires KaFe Rocks Ltd. Two industry leaders signed a deal, and the popular affiliate company will become a part of the GiG. Expansion to North America: GiG Media is th...

GAN Enters Definitive Merger Agreement With Sega Sammy Creation

GAN Limited, a leading North American real money iGaming technology provider and a prominent sports betting operator has entered a definitive Merger Agreement with Sega Sammy Creation, a game development subsid...

Mark Cuban Shares His Desire For Casino-Centered Resorts In Texas

At Chase’s Make Your Move Summit that occurred during the last week, Mark Cuban, the leader and owner of the Dallas Mavericks, expressed his wish for a casino-centered resorts to be located in Texas, according ...

Mets Owner Partners With Hard Rock For $8 Billion Casino Development Proposal in Queens

The withdrawal of the Vornado Realty Trust from the race for the last midtown New York casino license seems to have raised the spirit of the remaining four major potential bidders. One of them, New York Mets ow...

Better Collective Acquires Playmaker Capital For $188 Million

Better Collective has officially purchased Playmaker Capital for an overall cost of €176 million (£153 million/$188 million). Additionally, the projected date of the official conclusion of the definitive purcha...

Dutch Court Rules That Two Online Casinos Refund EUR 217,000 to Gamblers

A Dutch court has ordered two online casino operators to reimburse a total of EUR 217,000 to players having lost money with these gambling websites while online gambling was illegal in the Netherlands. Illeg...

Pagcor to Upgrade Casino Filipino As Country’s Gaming Revenues Head to Exceed the 2019 Record

Following the recent move to transform the state-run Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp (Pagcor) into an exclusively regulatory entity, this governmental agency's chairman and chief executive Alejandro Tengco...

Georgian Prime Minister Raises Tax Rate For Gambling Businesses In Georgia To 15%

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili has raised taxes on the gambling industry and reported that the level of gambling in the country is "catastrophic." Rise of the gambling turnover: During his b...

Crown Melbourne Casino Workers Announce Strike During the Busy Racing Season

After four months of negotiations for a better terms and conditions of labor agreement, around 3600 workers of the Crown Melbourne casino might reportedly resort to a protected strike action during the busies...