IGamiX Management and Consulting Ltd (Macau) has announced it has set up a new Cambodian subsidiary, which will be headed by Regional Director Daniel Li.

Beleaguered Australian gaming operator The Star announced on Monday that the public hearings as part of the second Bell Inquiry into its Sydney casino operations were ‘scheduled to commence today’.

After Macau authorities announced their intention for all gaming concessionaires to adopt radio frequency identification (RFID) tables, commonly known as smart gaming tables, a gaming insider believes that the measure will have a "net neutral" impact on Macau’s gaming revenue.

Tourism is a “major focus” of Cambodia under the new leadership of the country’s Prime Minister Hun Manet, as the Southeast Asian country has “set up many initiatives to attract Chinese, not just Chinese tourism, but in general, all tourism to Cambodia,” notes gaming expert Daniel Li in an interview with AGB.

A group of veteran gaming operators took to the stage at the ASEAN Gaming Summit 2024 in Manila to give their opinions on the growth outlook of the Philippines.

A gaming expert states that the Chinese embassy's warning to its citizens against gambling overseas is "not new," as similar warnings were issued several years ago.

Cambodia's leadership is planning to halt the expansion of gambling within the country, but all is not lost. Gaming expert Ben Lee points out how the nation's regulatory changes could take it to the next level.

The Philippines and Vietnam remain on the Financial Action Task Force’s grey list, the only two Asian gaming jurisdictions so defined. In this week’s Under the Scope, gaming expert Ben Lee looks at the differences between each country’s strategy, the impositions they’re facing, and business and political sentiment towards their continued oversight by the financial watchdog.

The news that Australia’s The Star Entertainment is facing a second inquiry into whether its Sydney property can hold a casino license is “unimaginable”, considering the recent negotiations over duty rates, says expert Ben Lee.

Gaming operators in Macau are pulling out all the stops to get customers, with their player reinvestment (PRI) schemes, effectively comping, reaching stunning figures as each vies for market share. Expert Ben Lee notes that the process isn’t new, but that different operators choose different ways to mask their programs.