Macau Sets New Record For Visitor Numbers
Despite ongoing pressures, Macau welcomed a record number of punters in August 2025, marking a 15.5 percent increase year-on-year (y-o-y). The former…
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Jacky Cheung, Who He? Macau’s Sound of Money
If entertainment in the world of gambling resorts be the sound of love and money–think Elvis–then Jackie Cheung is the crooner who’s…
Gambler, Gambler, Frontier Tensions Hit Thai-Cambodia Border Casinos
In scenes reminiscent of an exotic Bollywood movie, frontier tensions between “frenemies” Thailand and Cambodia are hitting the lucrative cross-border casino business….
Growing Not Us To Thailand’s Proposed Gambling Locus
Despite the keen endorsement of Thai political kingmaker and former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, the southeast Asia country’s much-touted Entertainment Complex Bill,…
OPEN BOOK: How China Triads Are Fuelling A Global Tsunami of Illicit Gambling and Money Laundering
As a business which by its very nature deals in sudden windfalls, gambling of all stripes, has long presented a near-perfect disguise…
“Sawadi Craps”: Thailand Moves To Legalise Online Gaming
Thailand, the most popular tourist destination and pleasure ground in Asia, is poised to legalise iGaming. The move comes as central China…
As POGOs Go No-No In Philippines Online Boom-Booms
Finally some good news for fully regulated gambling in The Philippines as iGaming went stratospheric in Q3 — and helped off-set a…
MGM Resorts International Reports Record 2024 Q3
MGM Resorts International has reported its financial results for the third quarter of 2024, showcasing record consolidated net revenues and significant growth…
Kiss Kiss, Bong Bong Asia Gaming On A Boom And A Roll
Amid the frenzied gambling boom in the vast Southeast Asia and East Asia regions, Philippines President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jnr. has declared…
Savouring Entain At Bay, MGM’s Hornbuckle Posts Ominous Q1
As Big Bill Hornbuckle, CEO and President of MGM Resorts International, looks out of his penthouse office suite at 3600 Las Vegas…