Asia News - Page 53

International News Brief: Macau casino revenues recorded a record high 8.1 billion patacas in December, closing the year with a total 8.3 billion patacas in gaming revenues.

International News Brief: Vietnam is considering the possibility of legalizing different forms of gambling to better manage the activities and get bigger funds.

If slots are your game, this is the list for you as we rank the Top-10 casinos by the number of slot machines they feature.

Wynn Resorts Ltd., the casino company run by casino developer Steve Wynn, will open its Macau expansion one month earlier than planned.

The Wynn Macau expansion will open Monday, December 24th; approximately one month earlier than anticipated.

International News Brief: Casinos in the world's gambling capital Macau may have lost more than 2.5 billion US dollars a year to illegal side bets in their VIP rooms, a news report said Monday.

A ranking of the largest casinos in the world as well as what fills up these spacious gaming floors.

International News Brief: Tourism Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch on Monday said he plans to push hard for a legal gambling house in the southern city of Eilat, Israel.

International News Brief: An International Advisory Panel has been set up to advise Singapore on issues related to problem gambling and addictions.

International News Brief: An International Advisory Panel (IAP) has been set up to advise Singapore on issues related to problem gambling and addictions.

Melco PBL Entertainment is expecting Ama International Limited to commence operations at Crown Macau in mid-December.

I am back from Macau, and the rumors are true- I am leaving Casino City and joining Everest Affiliates on Wednesday, December 5th as the Property (brand) Marketing Manager. Yes, I will still be in Boston, yes, I will still be attending online gaming conferences, and yes, I will continue to write for your reading pleasure and enjoyment.

International News Brief: Vietnam's Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung said that casinos might be allowed at a suitable time later on a trial basis.

International News Brief: The National Taiwan University of Science and Technology has established the first Institute for the Study of Gambling and Commercial Gaming in Taiwan.

Las Vegas Sands Corp. has initiated high-speed ferry service between Hong Kong's Macao Ferry Terminal at Shun Tak Centre and Macao's newly opened Taipa Temporary Ferry Terminal on Macao's Taipa Island.

International News Brief: Casinos in Taiwan may generate $3 billion in total annual revenue should the island legislate to legalize the industry, according to Las Vegas-based industry magnate Larry J. Woolf.

International News Brief: Tourism Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch reports that he intended to turn Eilat's future casino venture to the city's main tourist attraction..

International News Brief: Macau is planning to raise from 18 to 21 the minimum age at which a person can legally gamble, chief executive Edmund Ho Hau-wah told lawmakers yesterday.

The $1.25 billion MGM Grand Macau will open Dec. 18, marking the third grand opening of a new hotel-casino in the Chinese gaming enclave this year.

Harris Corporation is supplying all of the digital signage for The Venetian Macao-Resort-Hotel.