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SIS Limited inks supply arrangement with German bookmaker BSG

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...

Macau records positive October visitor numbers

Adam Morgan

November 23, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino News, Economy/Finance, Macau

In Macau, this year’s edition of the ‘Golden Week’ public holiday as well as the subsequent opening of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge reportedly helped the city to record a 9.2% increase year-on-year in Octo...

Horseracing facility given the green light in Vietnam

Adam Morgan

November 21, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Horse Racing, Sports betting, Vietnam

Officials in Vietnam’s capital of Hanoi have reportedly approved a plan that is to see a $500 million multi-purpose entertainment facility complete with a horseracing track constructed in the city’s northern So...

September visitor numbers improve in Macau

Adam Morgan

October 23, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Economy/Finance, Macau

Macau reportedly chalked up a 3% increase year-on-year in visitor numbers last month as slightly over 2.56 million people travelled to enjoy the former Portuguese enclave’s extensive selection of shops, hotels ...

Blockchain-based casino project to be launched for Macau

Adam Morgan

October 22, 2018

Casino Sales, Cryptocurrency, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Economy/Finance, Online Gambling News, Macau, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships

Maltese investments firm, Wide Rich Global Company, is hoping to bring in up to $1 billion via a virtual currency initial coin offering (ICO) in order to establish the planet’s first blockchain-based casino gam...

Macau posts improved August visitor numbers

Adam Morgan

September 24, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Economy/Finance, Macau

Macau reportedly chalked up an 18.7% increase year-on-year in visitor numbers last month as some 3.4 million people travelled to enjoy the former Portuguese enclave’s extensive selection of shops, hotels and ca...

Widus Hotel and Casino Clark to premiere third hotel next week

Adam Morgan

September 8, 2018

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

In the Philippines, the firm behind the Widus Hotel and Casino Clark has reportedly declared that the Luzon venue will be opening a new 15-story and 260-room hotel from next week due to be branded as the Clark ...

NayonLanding land lease deal ‘cancelled’ by government

Adam Morgan

September 3, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino News, Casino project updates, Licenses, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, Philippines

In the Philippines, a spokesperson for President, Rodrigo Duterte, has reportedly declared that the government has ‘cancelled’ the 25-year land lease agreement one of its bodies earlier signed with casino opera...

South Korean firm considering Russian casino development

Adam Morgan

August 24, 2018

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

In Russia, a South Korean firm has reportedly held negotiations with the state-owned Primorsky Krai Development Corporation about the possibility of bringing a $263.6 million development to the casino-friendly ...

Landing International Development Limited shares plummet

Adam Morgan

August 24, 2018

Casino Sales, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Hong Kong, Economy/Finance, Crime, Financial Fraud

Shares in casino operator, Landing International Development Limited, have reportedly plunged amid news that the firm’s Chairman, Yang Zhihui (pictured), may have been arrested as part of an investigation into ...

NayonLanding land lease deal to be officially investigated

Adam Morgan

August 10, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino project updates, Licenses, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, Philippines

In the Philippines, the Department of Justice has reportedly ordered the nation’s Office of the Government Corporate Counsel to investigate the 25-year land lease deal earlier agreed with Landing International ...