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The Macau government has changed direction in the past on several matters concerning the casino industry, but not on this issue.

Construction has already begun on Kazuo Okada's Entertainment City casino resort with completion estimated for 2015.

Bodog staff categorically rejected any suggestion that the company had ever offered illegal underground numbers games to Philippine nationals.

Several commissioners suggested that federal oversight or regulation of U.S. gaming companies doing business in Macau might be merited.

Calls by SJM and locals for foreign companies to be required to employ more locals in high paying management positions at casinos.

Galaxy Entertainment is eyeing both Japan and Taiwan as potential investment markets should gaming markets open up.

The Calvin Ayre Foundation will match all donations made by the online gambling industry peso for peso, up to $1 million.

The Macau Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau said Friday the results were a 31.7 percent increase over the October 2012 total.

Macau gross gaming revenue to continues to ride high setting a new monthly record for October.

In the three months ended Sept. 30, the company’s four major Macau gaming divisions produced a 43 percent increase in revenues and an 89 percent jump in profits compared with a year ago.

Global Gaming Asset Management are dropped by Bloomberry Resorts as the operators of Solaire Resort and Casino.

Melco Crown has announced the branded its new Manila casino resort "City of Dreams Manila".

The Japanese government has outlined a policy for legalizing, regulating and licensing gambling that includes an Independent regulator.

The September results could have been higher if not for the disruption in travel caused by Typhoon Usagi at the end of the month

Hong Kong's floating casino boats attract some gamblers who wish to save on Macau hotel costs.

Owners of the Solaire Resort &Casino in Entertainment City along Manila Bay told the country’s stock exchange it terminated the services of Global Gaming Asset Management of Las Vegas because of a “material breach” of their agreement.

Last week’s award of the 2020 Summer Olympic Games to Tokyo ignited more than the Olympic torch in the Japanese capital.

Dennis Rodman and Paddy Power detail “Paddy Power Dennis Rodman Invitation", an international basketball event taking place in the North Korean capital Pyongyang in January 2014

August’s figure was topped only by the all-time single month record of $3.92 billion that Macau casinos collected in March.

Later this month, Union Gaming Group will host a three-day conference at the Conrad Hotel in Tokyo that focuses on Japan’s potential expansion into legalized casino gaming.