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Okada Manila soft launch delay due to bad weather

October 10, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino project updates, Philippines

The 110 acres (44 hectar) casino and hotel resort in Entertainment City, Manila, the Okada Manila, will delay its November soft opening, according to local news reports. The $2.4 billion investment was supposed...

PhilWeb Corporation intends to “reapply” for operating licenses

Adam Morgan

October 7, 2016

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

In the Philippines, online games developer PhilWeb Corporation has reportedly announced that it intends to “reapply” for licenses to operate its network of e-Games parlors. According to a report from GGRAsia...

FATF may blacklist Philippines if casinos are not covered by AMLA

Sadonna Price

October 4, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Money Laundering, Philippines

The Financial Action Task Force is considering blacklisting the Philippines if the government does not include casinos within the Anti-Money Laundering Act. Known as the AMLA, the Anti-Money Laundering Council ...

PAGCOR conducting study on sale of casino assets

Sadonna Price

October 4, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Philippines

A study is already underway by the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation to look into the possibility of selling over 40 productive assets in an effort to end a conflict of interest that is coming into pl...

Alliance Global finalizing master plan for Westside City

Kim M

October 4, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino project updates, Philippines

After an annual stockholders’ meeting on Thursday, Sept 29, Kingson U. Sian, the president and chief operating officer of Alliance Global Group Inc. (AGI) (AGI:PM) told reporters that by June of 2017, the compa...

Partial reprieve for Leisure And Resorts World Corporation

Adam Morgan

September 27, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Licenses, Philippines

After becoming the latest casualty of new Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte a few weeks ago and being ordered to close 53 of its 137 bingo and electronic games parlors, operator Leisure And Resorts World Cor...

Okada Manila planning to add cruise ship port

Adam Morgan

September 26, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino project updates, Philippines

After stating earlier this month that it wanted to promote the Philippines as a destination for luxury cruise operators, Tiger Resort Leisure And Entertainment Incorporated has reportedly announced plans to add...

Macau ban fuels rise in Philippines second-quarter gross casino revenues

Adam Morgan

September 23, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Economy/Finance, Philippines

Casinos in the Philippines reported a 30% increase year-on-year in aggregate gross casino revenues for the three months to the end of June to approximately $711.68 million due in part to a rise in the popularit...

Okada Manila wants to open by co-hosting next Miss Universe pageant

Adam Morgan

September 23, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino project updates, Philippines

Tiger Resort Leisure And Entertainment Incorporated has announced that it is on schedule to open the $2.4 billion first phase of its Okada Manila integrated casino resort before the end of the year and wants to...

New chairman for PhilWeb, Ongpin prepares sale of shares

Sadonna Price

September 23, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Philippines

PhilWeb, a gaming operator based in the Philippines, is currently in the process of seeing their former chairman divest his holdings within the company while a new chairman is taking over. Roberto Ongpin is the...

Bloomberry Resorts Corp plans to develop its second casino in Quezon City

Renee Kingsley

September 19, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino proposals, Casino moguls, Philippines

Bloomberry Resorts Corp which operates the Solaire Resort and Casino in Manila Bay has reported that its casino is currently at full capacity thanks to an influx of Chinese gamblers during the last few months. ...

Philippines considering ways to privatize state-run lottery

Adam Morgan

September 17, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Lottery, Philippines

Fresh from its mauling of online games developer PhilWeb Corporation and its recent order that Leisure And Resorts World Corporation must shut 53 of its 137 sites, the government of the Philippines is now repor...

Pagcor now accepting 25 online gaming license applications

Renee Kingsley

September 16, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Online gambling regulation, Licenses, Philippines

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Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte said he was unhappy with e-bingo and e-gaming establishments in the country targeting poor Filipinos and making profits out of their losses. He instructed the Philippine Am...

Japanese billionaire Kazou Okada wants top cruise liners to visit the Philippines

Renee Kingsley

September 15, 2016

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

Japanese billionaire Kazou Okada is focusing on promoting tourism in the Philippines and is currently in talks with two of the biggest cruise liners in the world as he seeks to convince them to make the Philipp...

PAGCOR orders Leisure Resorts to shut down 53 gaming outlets

Kim M

September 11, 2016

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

Leisure & Resorts World Corporation (LRWC) (LR.PS), is the latest casualty of Philippine President Rodrigo R. Duterte, as the gaming firm has been ordered by Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAG...

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Okada Manila soft launch delay due to bad weather

PhilWeb Corporation intends to “reapply” for operating licenses

FATF may blacklist Philippines if casinos are not covered by AMLA

PAGCOR conducting study on sale of casino assets

Alliance Global finalizing master plan for Westside City

Partial reprieve for Leisure And Resorts World Corporation

Okada Manila planning to add cruise ship port

Macau ban fuels rise in Philippines second-quarter gross casino revenues

Okada Manila wants to open by co-hosting next Miss Universe pageant

New chairman for PhilWeb, Ongpin prepares sale of shares

Bloomberry Resorts Corp plans to develop its second casino in Quezon City

Philippines considering ways to privatize state-run lottery

Pagcor now accepting 25 online gaming license applications

Japanese billionaire Kazou Okada wants top cruise liners to visit the Philippines

PAGCOR orders Leisure Resorts to shut down 53 gaming outlets

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