Asia News - Page 73

International News Brief: Macau's direct gaming taxes reached a record 16.56 billion patacas in 2005, a year-on-year rise of 12 percent, according to official statistics issued on Wednesday.

International News Brief: Singapore's plunge into the casino industry is unlikely to harm its campaign to attract Islamic investors, who are opposed to gambling.

A selection of news and views from inside the industry this week.

International News Brief: Hamas is planning to prevent the casino in Jericho from ever opening again soon after it forms the new Palestinian Authority cabinet.

International News Brief: MGM Grand Paradise, a Macao-U.S. jointly invested gaming business, has vowed to hire some 5,000 employees, local media reported Thursday.

Kenilworth Systems Corporation has been asked by the Philippines Amusement and Gaming Corporation to present plans to present live in-progress casino table games.

Bally Gaming and Systems has opened a new office in the Bank Of China Building in the heart of Macau S.A.R. to provide sales and service support for its slot machines, systems and table management business efforts throughout Asia.

International News Brief: Singapore’s National Council on Problem Gambling is inviting the public to give their views on exclusion measures to bar family members from entering casinos.

International News Brief: For months, a U.S. casino company has been busy creating a replica of Las Vegas on Macau and a patchwork of other islands just south of China between Hong Kong and Hanoi.

International News Brief: When tensions mount at the baccarat tables in Macau, gamblers don't reach for a stiff drink. They quaff hot green tea.

International News Brief: The government has decided to relax some controls over the casino operators of the two proposed integrated resorts in Singapore, like removing limits on the number of hours that a casino can operate.

International News Brief: The love of gambling throughout Asia and rising affluence in that part of the world is drawing gaming firms such as MGM Mirage and Wynn Resorts Ltd. who are eager to invest billions of dollars in Asia.

International News Brief: Resorts World Bhd plans to raise around RM1 billion from a bond sale, people familiar with the plan said, as it seeks to expand its gaming business.

International News Brief: Tourism appeal will take priority when Singapore officials determine who wins the Republic's first casino licence, the government said on Wednesday.

International News Brief: Several non-governmental organisations have lambasted the Malaysian police for the head-shaving incident involving 11 men caught gambling on the second day of Chinese New Year.

Las Vegas could lose its only nonstop air service from Asia next year.

A selection of news and views from inside the industry this week.

Harrah's Entertainment and Keppel Land report the signing of a memorandum of understanding with Taubman Asia, Ltd and Gordon Group Holdings to create a retail joint venture for the integrated resort at Marina Bay, Singapore.

International News Brief: High rollers and cautious gamblers alike can now try their luck at the South Korea's biggest foreigners-only casino which opened last weekend in Seoul.

International News Brief: Malaysia's Genting International, one of the four bidders still in the running to build Singapore's integrated resort in Marina Bay, has dismissed sceptic