According to Bloomberg, the Hong Kong billionaire family Cheng from well-known Chow Tai Fook Enterprises has taken over the Vietnam casino - Hoiana Resort, formerly controlled by Macau junket kingpin Alvin Chau.

A judge from Macau’s intermediate court dismissed Alvin Chau’s attempt to challenge the admissibility of evidence presented by the prosecution.

Macau court is auctioning 36 properties of former junket king Alvin Chau to repay his debt of $810 million.

Macau authorities aim to increase the prison sentence for former Suncity junket boss Alvin Chau by 3.5 years, after Chau decided to appeal the 18-year prison sentence he had been handed by Macau’s Court of First Instance in January.

Former Suncity junket boss Alvin Chau has decided to appeal his 18 year prison sentence which was handed down on January 18th.

Macau courts have rejected a request for former Suncity junket boss Alvin Chau to extend his appeal period beyond the currently mandated 20 days.

It's the end of the Suncity era, with Alvin Chau being sentenced to 18 years in prison for the junket's illicit operations, a decision which his representatives believe he will appeal.

The lawyer for Macau’s former primary junket boss, Alvin Chau, has suggested that his client will appeal the 18-year prison sentence he was handed out by Macau courts on Wednesday.

Sentencing for the former head of Macau's largest junket Suncity, Alvin Chau, as well as 20 other defendants is set to take place within today.

The defense of former Suncity head Alvin Chau claims that there is no evidence that the junket boss had received any revenue from companies allegedly involved in proxy betting, and that the scale of Suncity Group’s business made it inconceivable that Chau would need to be involved in such illegal activity.