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Casino operator initiates hunt for new NayonLanding site

September 16, 2019

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

In the Philippines and Landing International Development Limited has reportedly announced that it has initiated a search in hopes of finding a new plot of land on which to construct its envisioned $1.5 billion ...

Widus Hotel and Casino announces receipt of ‘regular gaming license’

Adam Morgan

September 6, 2019

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino News, Casino expansion projects, New Hotels, Gaming Industry News, Licenses, Philippines

In the Philippines and the operator behind the Widus Hotel and Casino has reportedly announced that the property has been granted a ‘regular gaming license’ by the nation’s Philippines Amusement and Gaming Corp...

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 ...

Macau records quarterly drop in non-gaming visitor spend

Adam Morgan

August 22, 2019

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Economy/Finance, Macau

In Macau and the latest government-backed visitor expenditure survey has reportedly shown that aggregated tourist spend on non-gaming activities during the second quarter dropped by some 4.8% year-on-year to st...

Suncity Group Holdings Limited refutes Australian investigation rumors

Adam Morgan

August 7, 2019

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Australia, Gaming Industry News, Money Laundering, Economy/Finance, Crime

Asian casino firm, Suncity Group Holdings Limited, has reportedly released an official statement to refute recent claims that it is being investigated by authorities in Australia over alleged links between its ...

Suncity Group’s prospects of winning a Macau casino license possibly injured

Adam Morgan

July 12, 2019

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

Recent allegations that Asian junket operator Suncity Group has been illegally offering ‘proxy’ online gaming services may have seriously hurt the firm’s prospects at obtaining a land-based casino license in Ma...

Mohegan Gaming and Entertainment lodges Greece casino resort bid

Adam Morgan

July 6, 2019

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

The casino-operating arm of the United States’ federally-recognized Mohegan Tribe has reportedly announced that it is hoping to be given permission to build and operate a new gambling facility on the outskirts ...

D’Heights Resort and Casino initiates gaming operations in the Philippines

Adam Morgan

July 5, 2019

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino News, Casino openings, New Hotels, Philippines

In the Philippines and the Clark Freeport Zone of northern Luzon is now reportedly home to six casinos following yesterday’s soft launch of gaming operations inside the D’Heights Resort and Casino. Future ex...

Mohegan Gaming and Entertainment gets underway in southern Ontario

Adam Morgan

June 13, 2019

Casino Sales, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Tribal Gaming, Casino News, Ontario, Licenses, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships

After seeing off several rivals last year to secure the coveted ‘Niagara Gaming Bundle,’ Mohegan Gaming and Entertainment has now announced that it has officially taken over the running of Canada’s Casino Niaga...

Widus Hotel and Casino operator secures loan for future expansion

Adam Morgan

May 29, 2019

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino News, Casino expansion projects, New Hotels, Economy/Finance, Philippines

In the Philippines, the operator behind the Widus Hotel and Casino has reportedly announced that it has secured a syndicated loan worth approximately $133.9 million that it intends to use in order to help bring...

SIS Limited inks supply arrangement with German bookmaker BSG

Adam Morgan

May 16, 2019

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Industry News, Technology, Horse Racing, Online Gambling News, Sports betting, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Germany

British retail and online sportsbetting products and services supplier Sports Information Services (SIS) Limited has announced the signing of a deal that is to see it supply its international channel to German ...

Lack of Asian exposure hurting Caesars Entertainment Corporation

Adam Morgan

March 6, 2019

Latest Casino and Gambling News, U.S.A., Gaming Industry News, Economy/Finance, Asian Casino News, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships

The future prospects of American casino operator, Caesars Entertainment Corporation, are likely to remain relatively restricted due the firm’s policy of largely overlooking Asia in favor of focusing the vast ma...

Diamond Fortune Holdings secures Imperial investment

Adam Morgan

February 28, 2019

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino proposals, Casino News, Casino project updates, Economy/Finance, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Russia

In Russia, Diamond Fortune Holdings has reportedly announced that a Japanese firm has agreed to invest in its envisioned integrated casino resort for the Primorye Integrated Entertainment Resort zone near the p...

Imperial Palace Saipan to host AJPC poker tournament

Adam Morgan

January 9, 2019

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Poker Tournaments, Saipan, Poker, Asian Casino News

Next month will see poker players from around Asia gather in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in order to take part in a new tournament being organized by the All Japan Poker Championship (AJPC)...

Sega Sammy Holdings Incorporated continuing Japan search

Adam Morgan

December 6, 2018

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

Japanese pachinko operator, Sega Sammy Holdings Incorporated, has reportedly declared that it is continuing to search for the ‘most appropriate partner’ to help it secure one of three casino licenses being made...