Asia News - Page 55

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.

MGM Grand Paradise reports hat the much anticipated grand opening of the MGM Grand Macau resort casino has been scheduled for Tuesday, December 18th.

Schiffer on how the Fat Man beat the house, a well-deserved honor going to a Mississippi golf pro and how the world's newest and hottest gaming destination continues to flourish.

The Venetian Resort-Hotel-Casino has been awarded the esteemed AAA Five Diamond Award for 2008.

MGM Mirage and Mubadala Development Company plans to develop the MGM Grand Abu Dhabi, a mixed-use development that will serve as an iconic gateway to Abu Dhabi.

Melco PBL Entertainment focused exclusively on the Macau market, has today provided the following update on its City of Dreams casino development in Cotai.