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The Las Vegas-based firm, which publishes equity research and analysis on the casino industry, has opened a subsidiary on the Macau peninsula.

Revenue lower than predicted for Chinese New Year period.

Nepal orders casinos to close and others to relocate outside the capital Kathmandu.

Suspected players and agent in last year's scandal that rocket cricket to face criminal charges over spot-fixing allegations.

The Marina Bay Sands helped reverse Las Vegas Sands' fourth-quarter net loss by posting net revenues of $560.4 million.

Sumo wrestling in Japan rocked again by second round of gambling allegations.

Ho now says he wants "a fair division among my family" in ongoing drama.

Gaming revenues produced at Macau's more than three dozen casinos grew 33 percent in January.

Stanley Ho calls truce in the interests of family harmony.

Azerbaijan has relaxed the gambling laws to allow the introduction of sports betting to help fund sports programs.

Casino employees are unhappy with Macau government's exemption for casinos from proposed transition to smoking ban for entertainment establishments.

In a televised broadcast in Hong Kong, Stanley Ho said he was transferring ownership of his Macau casinos to several of his 17 children and his third wife.

Japan's sumo wrestling scandal of 2009 now sees arrests made specifically for illegal gambling activities.

A Hong Kong lawyer said the transfer of Stanley Ho's Macau casino ownership stake to several of his 17 children took place without his consent.

Analyst predicts continued growth, with no indication of when the market may peak.

Hong Kong billionaire Stanley Ho transferred nearly his entire ownership stake in his Macau casinos to family members.

Construction by Caesars Entertainment on a private road to connect the company's golf course to the the Cotai Strip has been stopped.

South Korean government investigating civil servant gambling allegations.

About 25 million people visited Macau in 2010 and 50 percent of them visited from China.

A Happiness Index Study showed casino staff scored as the unhappiest among Macau's surveyed workforce.