It’s not entirely unreasonable to liken a casino game to a lover. They are both capable of taking you on an emotional roller coaster ride from the depths of despair to the peak of adrenalin fueled ecstasy. They are both capable of costing you a lot of money. They can both be very good...
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Russia’s remote gambling zone experiment Back in July 2009, Russian casino laws came into effect that forced the closure of all Moscow casinos and gaming houses and the establishment of designated gambling zones in remote areas of the country. These zones are the only places where casinos are allowed to legally operate within the...
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Macau’s Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau has released it’s November gaming figures, revealing another $2 billion revenue month for Macau. Macau casinos took MOP17.35 billion ($US2.2 billion) for November, 45% up on the same month last year and not far of October’s record breaking MOP18.87 billion. Analysts expected the number to come in well...
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Apparently Macau’s government has anti-smoking legislation in the pipe works that could make casinos there a smoke free zone. But casinos are eager not to lose smokers’ business and have preempted any smoking ban with an initiative of their own – installing air purifies designed to negate tobacco smoke. Whether this will head off...
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Put simply…just over twice the size of Las Vegas. Using casino monthly revenue as the measure anyway. Using total buffet consumption as the measure may have yielded a slightly different result! Casinos in the Las Vegas celebrated a rare reversal in sliding revenues when official figures revealed Nevada casinos took $944.5 million in August...
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While Las Vegas is still struggling to shake the remnants of post-GFC funk over in Macau the party is well and truly back in full swing after the briefest of pauses. Las Vegas Sands Corp recently reported their Q2 2010 results and as a company straddling both Vegas and Macau, these results served to...
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It’s all happening in Macau by the sounds of things. The woes of the GFC and tighter visa restrictions for mainland Chinese seem to be fading into a distant memory. So much so that gaming analysts at Deutsche Bank and CLSA are forecasting July 2010 revenues to be 72% up on the same month...
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For several decades, Las Vegas was considered to be the world’s crown jewel when it came to gambling. After all, Vegas has dozens of casinos, excellent entertainment options, and some of the best tourist sites in the world. But in recent years, the Chinese territory of Macau is becoming a serious rival to Las...
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Last week New Jersey’s Division of Gaming Enforcement caused wave of sorts in gambling circles when it openly accused Stanley Ho of having strong links to organised crime, and that any US casino with ties to Macau’s gambling king would jeopardise their State gambling license. The report was written for the Casino Control Commission...
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