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Philippines regulator establishing pair of iGaming hubs

July 15, 2019

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Online gambling regulation, Gaming Industry News, Online Gambling News, Licensing, Philippines

The head for the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCor) regulator has reportedly announced that her organization is to encourage all of the Asian nation’s online gaming operators to relocate their...

Megawide Construction Corporation dumps Mactan casino resort plan

Adam Morgan

July 8, 2019

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino proposals, Casino News, New Hotels, Casino project updates, Economy/Finance, Philippines

Megawide Construction Corporation, in the Philippines, has reportedly abandoned a scheme that was to see it partner with local trading and shipping firm, Udenna Corporation, in order to bring a new casino resor...

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...

Philippines benefitting from Chinese offshore gambling boom

Adam Morgan

July 1, 2019

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Economy/Finance, Online Gambling News, Philippines

The Philippines is reportedly expected to record aggregated gross gambling revenues of around $4.1 billion this year due in large part to an increase in the popularity of online gambling among mainland Chinese ...

Inaugural G2E Asia @ Philippines extravaganza coming to Manila in December

Adam Morgan

June 24, 2019

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino News, Economy/Finance, Conferences / Trade Shows, Philippines

After last month welcoming over 16,000 visitors to the 13th annual edition of it Global Gaming Expo (G2E) Asia extravaganza and Reed Exhibitions China Limited has now reportedly announced that it will be holdin...

Resorts World Manila to re-open shuttered second-floor casino in July

Adam Morgan

June 18, 2019

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

Local Philippines casino operator, Travellers International Hotel Group Incorporated, has reportedly announced that it will be re-opening the shuttered second floor of its Resorts World Manila property from nex...

Quezon City votes to bring entry fees to proposed integrated casino resort

Adam Morgan

June 12, 2019

Bingo, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Casino proposals, Casino News, Economy/Finance, Fantasy eSports, Philippines

Civic leaders for Quezon City in the Philippines have reportedly passed a controversial ordinance that would set out some of the regulatory standards for the integrated casino resort, Bloomberry Resorts Corpora...

Melco Resorts and Entertainment (Philippines) Corporation being de-listed

Adam Morgan

June 10, 2019

Casino Sales, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Economy/Finance, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Philippines

Asian gaming and entertainments giant, Melco International Development Limited, has reportedly announced that it will be de-listing its Melco Resorts and Entertainment (Philippines) Corporation subordinate from...

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...

Kazuo Okada taking son and estranged wife to court in the Philippines

Adam Morgan

May 27, 2019

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Industry News, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, Philippines

Billionaire Japanese businessman, Kazuo Okada (pictured), has reportedly filed a lawsuit against eleven individuals in the Philippines claiming that they had illegally conspired in the process that led to him b...

Udenna Corporation to double-down on Philippines casino resort plan

Adam Morgan

May 24, 2019

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino proposals, Casino News, New Hotels, Economy/Finance, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Philippines

In the Philippines, local trading and shipping firm Udenna Corporation has reportedly announced that it is to make a second run at raising enough cash to build a new $600 million integrated casino resort on the...

First-quarter results highlight the importance of Entertainment City

Adam Morgan

May 17, 2019

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino News, Casino project updates, Economy/Finance, Philippines

The gaming industry in the Philippines reportedly recorded aggregated first-quarter gross gaming revenues of just over $1.1 billion with the majority of this at around $756 million having come from the three La...

Interblock agrees renewed gaming machine deal with Philippine regulator Pagcor

K Morrison

May 17, 2019

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Industry News, Game manufacturers, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Philippines

Leading developer and supplier of luxury electronic table gaming (ETG) products, Interblock has announced that it will, via its long-standing partnership with Indepth Insights Inc. (Indepth), renew its deal to ...

Philippines casino market predicted to outpace competition

Adam Morgan

May 14, 2019

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Economy/Finance, Philippines

New research from financial services firm Morgan Stanley Asia Limited has reportedly determined that the casino market in the Philippines is ‘growing faster’ than the analogous sectors of Macau, Las Vegas and S...

Rodrigo Duterte changes stance on some forms of illegal gambling

Adam Morgan

May 13, 2019

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Casino News, Online gambling regulation, Economy/Finance, Unlicensed Operation, Licenses, Online Gambling News, Crime, Philippines

Philippines President, Rodrigo Duterte (pictured), has reportedly conceded something of a defeat in his long-running campaign against illegal gambling by revealing that he can now only encourage people not to e...