Gary Bowerman

Some 70,000 discounted flight tickets were offered by Macau tourism authorities by end 1H24, in a bid to boost foreign visitation.

Bloomberry Resorts Corporation has successfully completed the refinancing of a $1.24 billion loan, helping lighten its debt burden as Solaire Resort North ramps up.

Gambling addiction amongst South Korean teens has doubled in the past four years, alongside a 14-fold surge in online casino use.

Higher hotel prices in the third quarter helped push up Macau’s Tourist Price Index by nearly 4.43 percent quarterly, boosted by the summer holiday.

Philippines Supreme Court rules that contract of PAGCOR service and job order workers are not considered government employees.

Crown Melbourne has been hit with a AU$2 million ($1.34 million) fine by the Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission (VGCCC) for allowing 242 self-excluded individuals to gamble at its casino.

The Philippines’ efforts to eliminate Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) are proving successful, with only 100 POGO hubs being monitored.

The number of Suspicious Transaction Reports (STRs) filed by gaming operators in Macau in the third quarter of the year fell to 860, the lowest quarter of the year so far.

A stakeholder in Genting-operated Resorts World Bimini, in the Bahamas, is seeking damages in excess of $600 million.

The Blackstone Group reportedly injected nearly AU$500 million ($337 million) into Crown Resorts in 2023 following its significant penalties for breaking anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF) legislation.

Macau's gaming tax revenue reached just under MOP66.40 billion ($8.31 billion) in the first nine months of this year, surpassing the full-year total of MOP65.26 billion ($8.16 billion) collected in 2023, according to official data released by the Macau Financial Bureau (FSB).

Suntrust has appointed IGT as the contractor for its Westside City project in Manila, which is scheduled to open in the first quarter of 2025.

Thai police in Pattaya raided an illegal poker game in Nong Prue last Wednesday, arresting nine foreign nationals in the process. Among them were three...

Authorities in Cebu arrested 38 undocumented foreigners, believed to be Chinese nationals, during a raid on a suspected Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) facility in Barangay Saavedra, Moalboal.

Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has issued a warning to local government units (LGUs) in the Philippines, urging them to take note of the recent suspension of Porac, Pampanga officials by the Office of the Ombudsman.

In a major operation on Thursday, October 10th, authorities in the Philippines arrested Chinese national Lyu Dong, a key figure behind illegal Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs).

Former judge Sam Hou Fai has been elected as the Chief Executive of Macau, securing an overwhelming 394 out of 398 votes cast in the election held on Sunday.

The September gaming results in the Australian state of Queensland showed an increase of 7.7 percent compared to the previous year. However, there was a marginal decline of 10 percent from the record figures of August 2024, according to data from Wohlsen Consulting.

Macau gaming operator SJM Resorts has announced that the Kam Pek Market is set to open between mid-December 2024 and the Chinese New Year in 2025.

The Philippines' newly appointed Interior Secretary, Jonvic Remulla, has committed to ensuring the complete shutdown of all Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) by year-end.