Cambodia

July 25, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Cambodia, Casino expansion projects

Sydney-listed Donaco International Limited (ASX:DNA) is looking to add about 100 gaming tables to its Star Vegas International Resort and Casino in Poipet, Cambodia over the next few months. Asia Gaming Brie...

New poker room opens at Star Vegas Resort and Club

July 5, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Cambodia, Poker Tournaments, Brick-n-Mortar Poker Rooms, Poker

On Saturday, a new poker room was launched at the Star Vegas Resort and Club in Cambodia. The new poker room is branded the Poker King Club and was opened during an Asian Poker Tour event. Having kicked off ...

Donaco International Ltd. inks poker deal with Poker King Club

May 3, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Cambodia, Poker Tournaments, Poker, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships

New South Wales-headquartered Donaco International Limited (ASX:DNA) announced on Monday that it has signed a three-year-deal with the owner of Poker King Club (PKC), Kings Consulting Limited, to host internati...

New casino resort planned for Bavet Cambodia

April 20, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino proposals, Cambodia

A new casino resort is in the works for the Bavet area of Cambodia, with a goal of bringing in Vietnamese gamblers who have been banned from participating in gaming at casinos located in their home country, to ...

NagaCorp Limited records improved first-quarter VIP rolling chip volumes

April 4, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Cambodia, Economy/Finance

Asian casino operator NagaCorp Limited has released its unaudited financial results for the first three months of 2017 showing that VIP rolling chip volumes had increased by 34% year-on-year to reach over $3.73...

Asian junket operator ends Cambodian partnerships

April 1, 2017

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

Asian junket operator Jimei International Entertainment Group Limited has reportedly announced the end of a partnership with NagaCorp Limited that saw it promoting seven gaming tables inside the latter’s NagaWo...

Cambodian casino tax revenue rises

March 14, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Cambodia, Economy/Finance, Taxation

An agreement between NagaCorp Ltd (3918:Hong Kong) flagship NagaWorld and the Cambodian government has contributed greatly to the $48 million collected from the casino industry in 2016; a 40 percent increase fr...

Casino owner among four Chinese Nationals accused of kidnapping gambling debtors

March 7, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Cambodia, Crime

Having allegedly kidnapped, illegally detained, and withheld the passports of three men, four Chinese nationals including a Poipet City casino owner were recently arrested by the Phnom Penh municipal military p...

Sihanoukville casinos asked to refuse Cambodian clientele

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...

Vietnamese legislation could spell “death knell” for Cambodian border casinos

January 25, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Cambodia, Economy/Finance

Last week’s decision by Vietnam to partially lift its long-standing ban on locals gambling at casinos in the Asian nation could reportedly help to spell the “death knell” for numerous border casinos in neighbor...

Entertainment Gaming Asia Incorporated fully exits Cambodia

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

December 31, 2016

After selling off a significant portion of its estate in the summer, electronic gaming machine operator Entertainment Gaming Asia Incorporated has now offloaded the remnants of its assets in Cambodia for $900,0...

Government of Cambodia creates new casino governing body

December 23, 2016

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

As new gaming laws are to be passed in 2017, the government of Cambodia is working to impose tighter restrictions on the casinos located in the country. To do this, there will be two new Interior Ministry depar...

$30m casino chatter on east bank of Mekong River

December 13, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino proposals, Cambodia

This past weekend, it was announced via The Star that MQ Technology Bhd had partnered with Cambodian Resorts and Entertainment Co Ltd with plans to create a hotel and casino along with a theme park. The project...

New casino legislation for Cambodia expected next year