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Relocating Cambodian casino publicizes anticipated opening aim

February 5, 2021

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Cambodia, Casino News, Casino openings, Gaming Industry News, Casino project updates, Economy/Finance, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships

Century Entertainment International Holdings Limited has reportedly announced that it intends to launch high-end gaming table operations at a new casino in southwest Cambodia before the end of March. Accordi...

Sihanoukville casinos closed or staff suspected due to COVID-19 impact

Marie Kelley

October 8, 2020

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Cambodia, Economy/Finance, Employment & Careers

As the online gaming ban in Cambodia takes effect and COVID-19 has been a continual issue, casinos in Sihanoukville are either closed or staff members suspended. According to the source, The Khmer Times has rep...

Cambodian casinos slowly re-opening following coronavirus shutdown

Adam Morgan

September 29, 2020

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Cambodia, Casino News, Casino openings, Gaming Industry News, Economy/Finance

In Cambodia and at least ten casinos have now reportedly been given permission to partially re-open after being temporarily closed from the first day of April as a direct result of the coronavirus pandemic. ...

Cambodian casinos observing online gambling prohibition

Adam Morgan

January 9, 2020

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Cambodia, Casino News, Online gambling regulation, Gaming Industry News, Licenses, Online Gambling News

Authorities in Cambodia have reportedly announced that the Asian nation’s estate of land-based casinos has largely been abiding by new legislation that implemented a total ban on the provision of online gamblin...

Cambodian official warns online gambling ban will lead to reduced tax revenues

Adam Morgan

October 24, 2019

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Cambodia, Online gambling regulation, Economy/Finance, The Players Lounge, Online Gambling News, Crime, Licensing

In Cambodia and a senior official in the administration of Prime Minister Hun Sen has reportedly detailed that tax revenues will likely fall next year as a result of the nation’s decision to cease issuing or re...

Cambodian online gaming crackdown instigates Chinese flight

Adam Morgan

September 6, 2019

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Cambodia, Online gambling regulation, The Players Lounge, Online Gambling News, Crime, Licensing

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In Cambodia and ‘a large number of Chinese nationals’ have reportedly started to leave the seaside community of Sihanoukville following last month’s decision by the government for the Southeast Asian nation to ...

Slotegrator to visit Cambodia for Asia Gaming Expo

Marie Kelley

June 25, 2019

Online gaming software, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Cambodia, Conferences / Trade Shows

Top-rated online casino software provider, Slotegrator, has announced they will be in Cambodia later this week to attend the Asia Gaming Expo. The event will take place at the Sokha Beach Resort, Sihanoukville ...

Macau junket firms launch VIP operations in Sihanoukville

Adam Morgan

May 7, 2019

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

Two of Macau’s most prominent junket firms have reportedly recently established VIP-facing operations inside a small casino situated within a new beachfront resort located in the southern Cambodian city of Siha...

Suncity Group Holdings Limited details Cambodia deals

Adam Morgan

October 4, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Cambodia, Casino News, New Hotels, Casino project updates, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships

Asian junket operator, Suncity Group Holdings Limited,has released more information regarding the deals it signed last month to provide management and consultancy services to an integrated casino resort being b...

Suncity Group Holdings Limited inks Cambodia agreement

Adam Morgan

September 6, 2018

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

Asian junket operator, Suncity Group Holdings Limited, has reportedly signed a deal that is to see it provide management and consultancy services to a new integrated casino resort being built in southern Cambod...

Sihanoukville casinos asked to refuse Cambodian clientele

K Morrison

January 30, 2017

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

Casinos located in the seaside province of Sihanoukville have been asked by the deep-water port city’s Governor Yun Min to start enforcing laws that prohibit locals from gambling in Cambodian casinos, according...

Casino in Sihanoukville ordered shut down

K Morrison

October 24, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Cambodia, Casino closures, Licenses

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After failing to renew its operating license, a casino in Sihanoukville, Cambodia has been ordered to shut down operations by Preah Sihanouk provincial authorities, according to a recent report by The Phnom Pen...

Malaysian firm SV International may be betting big on Sihanoukville

Lars Jones

March 26, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino proposals, Cambodia

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A heretofore unheard of Malaysian company has plans to buy up every available land plot in the West Port free economic zone of Sihanoukville, Cambodia and create a "casino city" to rival Macau. According to a ...

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...

Sihanoukville casino owners suffer losses after Chinese authorities bust alleged extortion ring

Renee Kingsley

November 17, 2015

Cambodia, China, Economy/Finance, Employment & Careers, Asian Casino News, Conspiracy, Crime, Racketeering

The casino industry in Cambodia has grown rapidly during the last eighteen months and one of the main reasons for that growth is due to the influx of gamblers from Mainland China. The Cambodian government and C...