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.

Philippine-based gaming and hospitality group Bloomberry Resorts Corporation, reported a 4 percent year-over-year decline in gross gaming revenue (GGR) to PHP14.5 billion ($254.6 million) for the second quarter of 2024.

Bloomberry Resorts Corporation reported strong performance in its domestic slot machine segment for the first quarter of this year, however, lower VIP and mass table revenues contributed to an 11 percent year-on-year decline in net income to $44.9 million.

Bloomberry’s casino project, Solaire North, in Quezon City is set to open late in May of this year, updates the group’s CEO and Chairman, which is about a two-month pushback from the previously scheduled opening in March of this year.

Philippine gaming operator Bloomberry Resorts has reported consolidated net income of PHP9.5 billion ($170 million) for 2023, an 85 percent increase from PHP5.1 billion ($91 million) in 2022.

Maybank analyst cuts Bloomberry Resorts FY24 forecast due to a gaming revenue slowdown, in particular in VIP.

DigiPlus Interactive Corp, a Philippine retail gaming provider, has claimed the top spot on the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), outperforming nearly 300 listed companies in terms of stock price growth. Other PSE-listed gaming operators also recorded positive results in their stock prices last year.

Bloomberry Resorts Corp. has reported robust results in the first three quarters of the year, as its net income surged 106 percent from PHP4 billion ($71 million) to PHP8.3 billion ($148 million).

Philippine gaming operator Bloomberry Resorts has increased the percentage of its public ownership from 33.9 percent to 37 percent, the group indicated in a recent dispatch.

In its latest market report, Morgan Stanley (MS) has identified investment opportunities in the Philippines gaming industry. In this comprehensive report, MS states that "the Philippines is among the most overlooked by Emerging Market investors, who have been underweight in the market for the last five years."