Bodog88′s Eagle Club Live Casino have reintroduced their 0.6% turnover rebate but this time it’s available to players betting in Malaysian Ringgit or Singapore Dollars. If MYR or SGD is your chosen betting currency at Bodog88 and you notify the casino that you want to be eligible for the weekly rebate bonus, then you...
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As the only company in the world with a major presence in each of the three largest casino gaming markets; Macau, Singapore and Las Vegas, I always think of Las Vegas Sands Corporation as a wonderful barometer for the fluctuating fortunes of these markets. LV Sand’s Q2 results were released Tuesday this week and...
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There’s been a bit in the news lately about the role VIP junket operators play, or should play in two of the world’s biggest casino markets…Macau and Singapore. Over in Singapore, where no VIP operator (junket operator) licenses have yet been issued by Singapore’s Casino Regulatory Authority (“CRA”), Sands CEO Sheldon Adelson has accused...
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Ask the Sands CEO Sheldon Adelson about whether there are enough casinos in East and South East Asia and I suspect he’ll tell you these markets are significantly under serviced. That’s the belief that he had back in early 2010 when posed this question by reporters on the eve of the launch of the...
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Like moths to the flame the punters just can’t seem to stay away from Singapore’s shiny new integrated casino resorts. Since opening early/mid 2010, Resorts World Sentosa and Marina Bay Sands have been a huge success and are credited with boosting tourism numbers to Singapore last year. Not a small boost either. 11 million...
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This is Lim Kok. Despite being one letter away from having an extremely unfortunate name he’s clearly a very happy man (just in case you’re dyslexic that letter is a ‘p’). He’s happy because he’s the Chairman of Genting Casinos, owner of Resorts World Sentosa – one of Singapore’s two new super casinos. RWS...
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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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When I’m passing through customs with $5 million cash in my carry-on bag I always declare it. It’s just the right thing to do. Not everyone plays by the rules though. Yesterday Kim Wooyeong, a South Korean now living in the Philippines, was caught by Singapore customs officials at Changi Airport with a lazy...
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The prediction that Singapore’s casino market will soon be bigger than Las Vegas’ isn’t exactly going out on a long limb. Most gaming analysts see this as a ‘when’ rather than ‘if’ proposition. But the fact that it is now considered likely doesn’t make it any less remarkable. Consider this. Las Vegas is the...
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Any doubts that the government of Singapore was being overly optimistic with tourism and economic growth targets expected to be driven by its two new casinos must now be fading pretty fast. Singapore flying Here are some pretty striking statistics… Two years ago Singapore was in the middle of its worst recession since 1965. ...
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