Australian gaming operator The Star Entertainment Group has announced that is subsidiary in Queensland has reached an agreement to sell its leasehold on the Treasury Brisbane Casino building for $45.5 million.

The Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission deported 75 Chinese nationals after discovering they were employed at an illegal Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) hub in Pasay City.

Japanese conglomerate Universal Entertainment Corp, the parent company of Okada Manila, has completed the early redemption of overseas privately placed notes valued at $760 million.

The unsecured creditors of Imperial Pacific International continue opposed to the bid price for the sale of the casino property, filing an opposition to IPI’s motion to approve the bid price of $10 million.

No report on displaced Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) workers has yet been received by the nation’s Department of Labor and Employment, according to the Labor Secretary.

The AGEM Index marked August with a high note, rising by 5.5 percent from the prior month. Compared to one year ago, the index was up by 35.7 percent.

Dismissed Bamban 'POGO Mayor' Alice Guo is back in Manila and, together with alleged conspirators, could face up to 560 years in prison if convicted of money laundering.

Super typhoon Yagi has already severely limited non-land based travel to Macau, with ferry services between the gaming hub and Hong Kong suspended entirely as of 3pm (from Hong Kong) and 4pm (from Macau).

Authorities from the Philippines and Indonesia are discussing a potential prisoner swap involving fugitive POGO mayor Alice Guo and an Australian drug smuggling suspect wanted by Jakarta.

Kangwon Land has received approval from South Korea's Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism for an expansion of its casino facilities.