A panel of gaming insiders and analysts, including Alidad Tash, Vitaly Umansky, and Jorge Costa Oliveira, brainstormed the future of Macau in a session hosted by Macau Business and the France Macau Chamber of Commerce titled “Macau Gaming at Crossroads: The Public Tender and Beyond.”

An alarming increase in Offshore lotteries is a major cause of concern for many Indian state governments as it causes revenue leakage from state coffers. Despite many stern measures taken by the state governments to prevent it, offshore lotteries remain largely prevalent, writes industry insider Jaydeep Chakravartty.

Jason Ader, 26 Acquisition Capital Corp Chairman and CEO, spoke on Tuesday with Asia Gaming Brief about moving forward from the 'learning experiences' of Okada Manila's recent saga. The plan is to raise capital via NASDAQ listing and expand the company's footprint in the Philippines via PAGCOR's privatization, as well as abroad, fuelled by US investors' growing appetite for the development of IR projects across the ASEAN markets.

Senior industry executive and author Daniel Cheng shares Part II of his on-the-ground insight into Singapore's colossal operations and how the tables might turn, as the venerable Malaysia resort recruits ex-MBS industry juggernaut, Andrew MacDonald, to lead the charge.

Senior industry executive and author Daniel Cheng shares his on-the-ground insights into Singapore's two colossal operations and how the tables might turn as the venerable Genting Malaysia resort outperforms its cosmopolitan peer for the first time.

Newly appointed Chairman and Chief Executive, Alejandro Tengco, has requested "time to study" PAGCOR regulator-cum-operator roles before considering the privatization of the 40 casinos the agency runs across the country.

Philippines Department of Finance called out to demystify PAGCOR “conflicting” roles as regulator and suggesting the privatization of Philippines Amusement and Gaming Corporation casino assets, raising funds towards the country’s economic recovery. 

We have entered a phase of VUCA (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity) which seems not to end anytime soon. However, “the situation in China seems to move ever faster towards either an epiphany or a satori,” writes COTRI Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Georg Arlt.

With Macau steadily dropping and not expecting to make a return above 30 percent of pre-pandemic figures before the end of 2023, other IR opportunities are picking up across the ASEAN region, Bloomberg Intelligence Angela HanLee argues.

MGM Resorts Japan president, Ed Bowers, remains bullish over the potential of the Japanese market envisaging the possibility of Japan emerging as a “great gaming market”, despite the tight regulatory framework.