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Baccarat games boost Las Vegas revenue in April 2015

June 1, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, U.S.A., Las Vegas, Macau, Philippines, Financial Press Releases, South Korea, Vietnam

Casinos in Las Vegas might have had an average 2014 but things are looking up in 2015. Las Vegas casinos reported a five percent spike in April 2015 when compared to April 2014 and brought in over $95 million i...

Imperial Pacific expects to construct 2 hotels and a casino in Saipan within 6 months of start

Renee Kingsley

May 29, 2015

U.S.A., Casino proposals, Casino News, Casino openings, Casino project updates, Northern Mariana Islands

A company that has pledged to spend as much as US$7 billion on a casino resort on the Pacific island of Saipan says an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary will construct two hotels and a casino there within a six-...

UBS notes Galaxy, Broadway table numbers–opening Wednesday

Lars Jones

May 26, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino expansion projects, Gaming Industry News, Casino project updates, Macau

Galaxy Macau Phase II will have 150 new tables when the casino opens on May 27, a number first forecast by Daiwa and confirmed by government sources last week. Asian news outlets today are releassing notes by U...

Tinian casino opening 12 years out–constant progress

Lars Jones

May 12, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino News, Casino project updates, Macau, Northern Mariana Islands

Gambling expansion in the paradisaical Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands continues with several projects in the works. Macau-based Alter City Group met with Tinian Governor Eloy S. Inos on Friday and...

Land deal for Saipan casino project inked by Best Sunshine

Sam Mitchell

May 11, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino project updates, Saipan

Best Sunshine International and the Saipan Department of Public Lands have signed a lease agreement for a parcel of land where the first stage of the casino development for Saipan will take place. The developme...

Chinese shoppers targeted by South Korea as they increase “low roller” numbers

Sam Mitchell

May 6, 2015

Casino News, Latest Casino and Gambling News, China, South Korea

On May 5, 2015 it was revealed in a Reuters article that Seoul foreigner-only casinos have started targeting low-roller gamblers, particularly Chinese shoppers. The casino operators are doing this by offering f...

Billionaire Sheldon Adelson gets uncomfortable in the hot chair

Renee Kingsley

May 6, 2015

Las Vegas, Macau, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, Nevada

Billionaire and Las Vegas Sands Chairman Sheldon Adelson has spent a fourth day in a Las Vegas courtroom to determine whether a wrongful termination suit should be heard in the U.S. or Macau. In the proceedings...

Adelson in hearing to decide jurisdictional issue

Sam Mitchell

April 30, 2015

Casino News, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Macau, Crime, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, Nevada

The ongoing saga of Jacobs vs Las Vegas Sands found Las Vegas Sands Corp. Chairman and CEO Sheldon Adelson testifying before a judge at the Clark County Justice Center in Las Vegas on Tuesday, April 28, 2015. S...

Saipan’s gaming industry to come of age with new regulations

Sam Mitchell

March 30, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Casino proposals, Casino News, Northern Mariana Islands

The Commonwealth Casino Commission has voted to adopt regulations that will affect Saipan’s gaming industry. The commission met Friday March 27, 2015 to make a decision on Resolution No. 2015-001 or what is als...

New Gaming Regulations Would put Bahamas on Leading Edge

September 4, 2014

Latest Casino and Gambling News, World Casino News, North America Casino News, Online gambling regulation, New online casinos, Online Gambling News

Baha Mar Ltd. today applauded the Parliament of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas for tabling a sweeping revitalization of the country’s gaming regulations, the first such major update since Bahamian casinos were...