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Cambodia

Cambodia closes at least 72 casinos amid online scam crackdown: report

Viviana Chan -
Cambodia closed at least 72 casinos after investigating 195 licensed venues during a year-long nationwide crackdown on online scams.
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UAE

Wynn, Marjan break ground on Janu resort beside UAE casino project

Viviana Chan -
Wynn Resorts and Marjan have broken ground on Janu Al Marjan Island, a luxury resort beside Wynn’s $5.1 billion UAE casino project.
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Macau

Macau uncovers another concealed-phone proxy betting scheme

Viviana Chan -
Macau authorities arrested two people suspected of livestreaming casino games and placing wagers for remote mainland gamblers.
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Elsewhere

Licensed intermediaries may feed illegal Asian casino market: UNODC

Viviana Chan -
UNODC warns that licensed aggregators and white-label operators may channel established gaming content to unlicensed Asian casinos.
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Macau

Galaxy Macau captures 43% of premium-mass wagers during volleyball event: Citigroup

Viviana Chan -
Galaxy Macau captured 43% of premium-mass wagers observed in July as volleyball events drew high-value players, Citigroup said.
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Philippines

PhilWeb adds Games Global content to Philippine gaming platform

Viviana Chan -
PhilWeb partners exclusively with Games Global to offer over 3,000 gaming titles to licensed Philippine operators.
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China

China to form global anti-fraud alliance with over 40 countries

Viviana Chan -
China will establish an international anti-fraud alliance in September, with more than 40 countries interested in participating.
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Macau

Macau hotel occupancy drops to 88.5% in June

Viviana Chan -
Macau member-hotel occupancy dropped to 88.5% in June, with all three hotel categories also reporting lower average room rates.
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Australia

Iris secures Queensland approvals for Reef Casino Trust bid

Viviana Chan -
Iris secured Queensland approvals for its Reef Casino Trust takeover, removed the minimum acceptance condition and reached 79.79 percent voting power.
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Macau

Wynn Macau’s 2027 capex to exceed post-COVID free cash flow: CreditSights

Viviana Chan -
Wynn Macau’s 2027 capex could reach $750 million, exceeding its annual free cash flow in each year from 2023 to 2025, CreditSights says.
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China

China’s single-match football betting sales top $11.6B during World Cup

Frank Schuengel -
Sales of single-match football betting games through China's state-run Sports Lottery reached approximately CNY 83.3 billion (USD 11.6 billion) across the six weeks of the FIFA World Cup, according to official lottery data, underlining sustained domestic appetite for the tournament despite the national team's absence.
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Cambodia

Cambodia revokes Casino Kchom license over alleged scam activity

Viviana Chan -
Cambodia’s gaming regulator revoked Casino Kchom’s license after linking the Kampot property to alleged online scam operations.
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Macau

Sands China volume gains fail to prevent margin compression: Morgan Stanley

Viviana Chan -
Morgan Stanley says Sands China’s strong gaming volumes failed to offset higher reinvestment, rising costs and weaker EBITDA margins.
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Macau

STDM-controlled Estoril Sol posts $28.8M attributable loss in 2025

Viviana Chan -
Estoril Sol’s attributable loss widened to $28.8 million in 2025 despite growth from the STDM-controlled group’s online business.
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Singapore

LVS sees MBS growth in “early innings” ahead of 2031 expansion

Viviana Chan -
LVS says Marina Bay Sands is still in the “early innings” of growth as Asian wealth rises and its 2031 expansion advances.
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Macau

Sands China keeps $700M Macau EBITDA target as VIP share rises

Viviana Chan -
Sands China keeps its $700 million quarterly Macau EBITDA goal, citing a market-leading 26 percent share of rolling-chip volume.
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New Zealand

SkyCity Auckland hotel could fetch up to $146 million: investment firm

Frank Schuengel -
Forsyth Barr estimates SkyCity could raise up to $146 million from The Grand Hotel sale, helping it exceed its asset-sale target.
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Elsewhere

Google to expand programmatic gambling advertising to 37 markets, tighten Google Ads certification

Frank Schuengel -
Google will expand programmatic gambling advertising to 37 markets in August before tightening advertiser certification in September.
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United States

Resorts World New York opens expanded floor with 1,400 new slots

Viviana Chan -
Genting’s Resorts World New York City has opened a new gaming floor with 1,400 additional slots, raising its inventory to 3,900.
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South Korea

South Korean casino association calls for rethink of proposed levy hike

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South Korea’s casino association is urging the government to rethink plans to raise the tourism levy ceiling from 10% to 15%.
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