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Macau revenue up 13.5 percent for May, helped by public holidays which brought Chinese visitors.

Rolling Chip Turnover decreased 24% compared to the same three months last year.

Galaxy plans to expand Galaxy Macau, adding two more phases to the casino-resort.

IGT receives ISO certification for its China Research and Development office in Beijing.

Universal had booked the $25 million payment to Subic Leisure as an expense to resolve a land rights dispute surrounding its $2 billion resort project on Manila Bay.

Singapore government commissions serious study to examine feasible ways it can stop online gambling by its citizens.

Rolling Chip Turnover for the month of April 2013 at the company’s VIP rooms in Macau was US$1.47 billion, down 16% year-over-year.

For the first four months of 2013, Macau’s gaming revenue collections are up 14.4 percent compared to the same four months of 2012.

"Mobile Millions," a new casino game from Cantor Mobile Casino, now available to patrons of The Venetian and The Palazzo.

Concerns over a potential outbreak of a new strain of bird flu in mainland China worried investors and kept stock prices from rising.

Taiwan government considering a low 13 percent gaming tax, against Macau's 40 percent.

The stakes have risen by nearly a quarter of a billion dollars in the retrial of former consultant Richard Suen’s claim against Las Vegas Sands Corp.

Rolling Chip Turnover for the month of March 2013 at the company’s VIP rooms in Macau was down 13% year-over-year.

The figure eclipsed the previous one-month record of $3.5 billion in gaming revenues, which was set in December.

Galaxy Entertainment report 2012 net income of HK$7.4 billion, up from HK$3 billion in 2011.

Rolling Chip Turnover down 27% during Q4.

The Solaire Manila casino opens Saturday and hopes to draw VIP gamblers from Macau.

Big casino operators will be watching to see if Manila can deliver on promises of better profit margins and lower costs than global betting capital Macau.

Rolling Chip Turnover for the month of February 2013 at the company’s VIP rooms in Macau was US$1.29 billion, down 32% year-over-year.

Melco Crown Entertainment's Altira Macau and City of Dreams' Crown Towers bestowed the Forbes Five-Star Hotel Award.