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The Macau authorities issued – during the period from May 9, 2016, to April 16 this year – a total of 71 verbal cautions to casino patrons for their alleged violation of an instruction banning use of telephones while at any of the city’s gaming tables, the city’s gaming regulator told GGRAsia...
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Macau’s Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested seven mainland Chinese men over their alleged involvement in what the police termed illegal betting worth US$1.3 million, by gamblers from China making use of the social messaging service WeChat. It is thought the suspects arranged for gamblers to place their bets on the...
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Win for baccarat – the table game of choice for Chinese and other Asian gamblers – fell by 42.3 percent year-on-year in August at Las Vegas Strip casinos in the Nevada gaming hub. Win for mini-baccarat, another form of the game, fell by 17.8 percent in the same period,...
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Edward Deleon Guerrero, executive director of the Commonwealth Casino Commission on Saipan, says the regulator will not be setting a limit on the number of junket operators allowed to do business on Saipan. The main island of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands has issued an exclusive casino licence...
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U.S.-based casino operator MGM Resorts International announced on Tuesday an agreement to acquire 188.1 million shares in subsidiary MGM China Holdings Ltd from minority shareholder Pansy Ho Chiu King. “As a result of the transaction, the company will acquire an additional 4.95 percent of the outstanding ordinary common shares...
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Casino operator MGM Resorts International on Monday said it had completed a deal to buy the 50 percent of Atlantic City’s Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa that the group did not already own; for a total consideration of US$900 million. The deal, with seller Boyd Gaming Corp, excludes any future...
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Portuguese gaming operator Estoril Sol SGPS SA – majority controlled by business interests connected to Macau casino entrepreneur Stanley Ho Hung Sun – launched this week what Portuguese media described as the first licensed website to offer legal online casino gambling in Portugal. The website was established in partnership with...
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Officials in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands – a Pacific territory of the United States – have indicated they intend to award a lease of fresh land to the investors currently operating a temporary casino on the main island, Saipan, states the Saipan Tribune newspaper. In November...
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MGM Resorts International’s purchase of Boyd Gaming Corp’s 50 percent stake in Atlantic City’s Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa has received regulatory approval in New Jersey, reports the Associated Press (AP). MGM Resorts had been effectively forced to give up control of its then 50-percent interest in the Borgata,...
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MGM Resorts International, which has the largest number of casino venues on the Las Vegas Strip, announced on Wednesday it had launched a mobile gaming platform and online tournament available on the Wi-Fi telecommunications system at nine MGM properties. A press release from the company described the initiative as...
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Global gaming and lottery supplier International Game Technology Plc (IGT) and U.S.-based casino operator Las Vegas Sands Corp have completed what was dubbed as the “largest live electronic table game installation in the United States”. The installation includes 150 of IGT’s Dynasty electronic table game (ETG) cabinets displayed in...
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Approximately three quarters of the 37 table games planned for the under-construction Lucky Dragon Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada, in the United States, will be for baccarat. That is according to information from its management, cited by the Las Vegas Review-Journal newspaper in a...
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Macau-based casino services firm Macau Legend Development Ltd on Thursday entered into a memorandum of understanding with the Setúbal municipality government from Portugal, for the proposed development of an “integrated leisure, tourism and entertainment project” there. It is designed to feature gaming elements. The budget for the Setúbal project...
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A plan for a new tourism and entertainment area in Barcelona, Spain is moving ahead after a revamp that cut its projected gaming area to a seventh of the original size, it was announced last week. Two Asian casino groups – Melco group and Genting group – are reportedly involved in...
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Macau-based casino services firm Macau Legend Development Ltd is to announce later this week a new investment project in Portugal, reports Rádio Macau. The investment includes what the media outlet described as an “integrated resort” with hotel, residential and retail facilities, and a marina. It is to be located in...
The Macau authorities issued – during the period from May 9, 2016, to April 16 this year – a total of 71 verbal cautions to casino patrons for their alleged violation of an instruction banning use of telephones while at any of the city’s gaming tables, the city’s gaming regulator told GGRAsia...
Macau’s Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested seven mainland Chinese men over their alleged involvement in what the police termed illegal betting worth US$1.3 million, by gamblers from China making use of the social messaging service WeChat. It is thought the suspects arranged for gamblers to place their bets on the...
Win for baccarat – the table game of choice for Chinese and other Asian gamblers – fell by 42.3 percent year-on-year in August at Las Vegas Strip casinos in the Nevada gaming hub. Win for mini-baccarat, another form of the game, fell by 17.8 percent in the same period,...
Edward Deleon Guerrero, executive director of the Commonwealth Casino Commission on Saipan, says the regulator will not be setting a limit on the number of junket operators allowed to do business on Saipan. The main island of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands has issued an exclusive casino licence...
U.S.-based casino operator MGM Resorts International announced on Tuesday an agreement to acquire 188.1 million shares in subsidiary MGM China Holdings Ltd from minority shareholder Pansy Ho Chiu King. “As a result of the transaction, the company will acquire an additional 4.95 percent of the outstanding ordinary common shares...
Casino operator MGM Resorts International on Monday said it had completed a deal to buy the 50 percent of Atlantic City’s Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa that the group did not already own; for a total consideration of US$900 million. The deal, with seller Boyd Gaming Corp, excludes any future...
Portuguese gaming operator Estoril Sol SGPS SA – majority controlled by business interests connected to Macau casino entrepreneur Stanley Ho Hung Sun – launched this week what Portuguese media described as the first licensed website to offer legal online casino gambling in Portugal. The website was established in partnership with...
Officials in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands – a Pacific territory of the United States – have indicated they intend to award a lease of fresh land to the investors currently operating a temporary casino on the main island, Saipan, states the Saipan Tribune newspaper. In November...
MGM Resorts International’s purchase of Boyd Gaming Corp’s 50 percent stake in Atlantic City’s Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa has received regulatory approval in New Jersey, reports the Associated Press (AP). MGM Resorts had been effectively forced to give up control of its then 50-percent interest in the Borgata,...
MGM Resorts International, which has the largest number of casino venues on the Las Vegas Strip, announced on Wednesday it had launched a mobile gaming platform and online tournament available on the Wi-Fi telecommunications system at nine MGM properties. A press release from the company described the initiative as...
Global gaming and lottery supplier International Game Technology Plc (IGT) and U.S.-based casino operator Las Vegas Sands Corp have completed what was dubbed as the “largest live electronic table game installation in the United States”. The installation includes 150 of IGT’s Dynasty electronic table game (ETG) cabinets displayed in...
Approximately three quarters of the 37 table games planned for the under-construction Lucky Dragon Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada, in the United States, will be for baccarat. That is according to information from its management, cited by the Las Vegas Review-Journal newspaper in a...
Macau-based casino services firm Macau Legend Development Ltd on Thursday entered into a memorandum of understanding with the Setúbal municipality government from Portugal, for the proposed development of an “integrated leisure, tourism and entertainment project” there. It is designed to feature gaming elements. The budget for the Setúbal project...
A plan for a new tourism and entertainment area in Barcelona, Spain is moving ahead after a revamp that cut its projected gaming area to a seventh of the original size, it was announced last week. Two Asian casino groups – Melco group and Genting group – are reportedly involved in...
Macau-based casino services firm Macau Legend Development Ltd is to announce later this week a new investment project in Portugal, reports Rádio Macau. The investment includes what the media outlet described as an “integrated resort” with hotel, residential and retail facilities, and a marina. It is to be located in...
