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Japan to begin work on bet addiction policy after framework passed

July 10, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Casino News, Japan

After the Friday passage of a framework bill regarding “gambling addiction” by the House of Councillors, the upper house of Japan’s parliament , work is now set to begin at both the local government and nationa...

Japanese entertainment market scouted by Caesars for possible theater

K Morrison

June 25, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Japan, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships

Caesars Entertainment Corporation (Nasdaq: CZR) is reportedly scouting the Japanese entertainment market. In an exclusive interview with Asia Gaming Brief, the company’s president of entertainment, Jason Gastwi...

Sega Sammy changes group brand logo

K Morrison

April 11, 2018

Online gaming software, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Game manufacturers, Japan

Japanese pachinko giant Sega Sammy Holdings Inc. recently announced that in a move demonstrating the future direction of the firm it will be changing its logo this August. The Tokyo-based pachinko machine an...

Developer LongRunn to build $4.2 billion casino city on Yeongjong Island, S. Korea

K Morrison

February 16, 2018

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

LongRunn International Group (“LongRunn”), investor and developer of large-scale Integrated Resorts (IR), landmark real estate developments, infrastructural and environmental projects in Asia, has reportedly pe...

Caesars appoints former Senator to three-person Japan Advisory Committee

K Morrison

January 17, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Japan, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships

Former US Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (pictured) is now part of a three-person Japan Advisory Committee established by Caesars Entertainment Corporation. The committee is comprised of distinguished execu...

Phu Quoc integrated resort gains new hotel partner

K Morrison

September 21, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino proposals, Casino project updates, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Vietnam

Belgium-headquartered Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group reportedly has a new contract with Phu Quoc Tourist Investment and Development JS Co that will see the company manage the Radisson Blu Resort Phu Quoc, a hotel ...

Melco’s Cyprus development to include 70,000 square foot casino floor plus VIP space

Marie Kelley

July 18, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino project updates, Cyprus

CNS Group of Cyprus’ financial advisor, Spectrum Gaming Capital, has revealed in a press release that the Cyprus integrated resort development by Melco will include a casino gaming floor consisting of 70,000 sq...

Thursday set for Imperial Pacific Resort Hotel opening

K Morrison

July 3, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino openings, Casino project updates, Northern Mariana Islands, Saipan

Imperial Pacific International Holdings Ltd (1076:HK) announced Monday via a company press release that on Thursday, July 6, it will open its integrated resort (IR), Imperial Pacific Resort Hotel in Saipan. ...

Vladivostok IR project on track for 2019 debut

K Morrison

March 19, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Russia

NagaCorp Ltd’s (3918:Hong Kong) integrated resort (IR) project in Vladivostok, Russia reportedly remains “broadly on schedule for operation by 2019,” according to Asia Gaming Brief. The news agency reports t...

Hard Rock looking to take up to a 60 percent stake in Japanese casino

K Morrison

February 22, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Japan, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships

With regulation of what industry analysts say could become the second biggest casino market in the world expected to be ironed out in law by December, Hard Rock Cafe International, Inc. is eyeing a 60 percent s...

Paradise profits back in the black in South Korea

K Morrison

January 8, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Economy/Finance, South Korea

In the 12 months ending December 31, 2016, casino revenue of South Korean operator Paradise Co Ltd (034230.KQ) increased by 6.2 percent to KRW603.1bn (US $509m), compared to KRW567.88 billion for full-year 2015...

ASF Consortia reveal plans for $3 billion integrated casino resort at The Split

Renee Kingsley

December 18, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Australia, Casino openings, Casino project updates

The Chinese owned ASF Consortia recently revealed artist renderings of its proposed $3 billion integrated casino resort that will be developed on the Southport Split in Queensland, Australia. The integrated cas...

MGM Resorts willing to spend as much as $10 billion on Japan casino, possibly via REIT

K Morrison

October 31, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Japan

On Monday, Las Vegas-based MGM Resorts International (MGM.N) Chief Executive Officer James Murren said that the company could spend close to $10 billion on an integrated resort (IR) in Japan via a publicly trad...

Macau Legend expected to announce new development in Portugal

K Morrison

July 5, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Portugal

It’s been a busy year so far for Macau-based hotel and casino operator Macau Legend Development Limited (1680:HK), and the trend continues with its reported $222.7 million investment in a new development projec...

Junket company Jimei looks to coastal Cambodia for integrated casino resort

Lars Jones

March 25, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino proposals, Cambodia, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships

A recent filing by Jimei International Entertainment Group Ltd. with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange indicates that the company plans to develop an integrated-entertainment complex in Cambodia with two other parti...