Melco Crown (Philippines) Resorts Corp. on Wednesday announced a large budget increase for its City of Dreams Manila casino resort. The company said the total budget for the project will increase from $680 million to about $832 million by the time of opening. The company did not provide a reason for the 22% increase. The…
Macau VIP game remains weak
Macau casinos continue to suffer poor VIP gross gaming revenue (GGR), Nomura says. The Japanese brokerage on Monday estimated VIP revenue would fall by 11% to 13% year-on-year for the month of June. 파워볼게임 The good news is that Nomura’s checks indicate that the bulk producer numbers “remain strong.” Analysts Louise Cheng and Harry C….
MLB’s first big break of all-time season
Prior to Ohtani, no major league player had signed contracts worth more than 500 million U.S. dollars. Mike Trout (L.A. Angels) paid more than 400 million dollars. Locally, people wondered if Ohtani could break the 500 million dollar mark for the first time. As the free agent market got closer, people believed it was possible,…
Macau GGR to shrink by 23 pct plus in Dec
Macau’s gross gaming revenue (GGR) for December could fall by between 23 percent and 28 percent year-on-year. That is partly due to the expected visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping this month creating issues for gamblers, say three sets of investment analysts in separate notes. On Wednesday a senior mainland official directly linked China’s national…
Macao Gaming Show says attendance up 39 pct in 2014
The Macao Gaming Show (MGS) 2014 edition had a 39 percent increase in attendees compared to the inaugural 2013 event said the organisers. The latest edition of the three-day trade show and accompanying Macao Gaming Summit conference concluded at the Venetian Macao on November 20. Attendance jumped from 8,634 in 2013 to 11,987 in 2014,…
Macau’s economy slides as gaming revenue slumps
Macau reported its first year-on-year economic contraction in five years in the third quarter of 2014 as gross gaming revenue (GGR) continued to decline. Gross domestic product (GDP) for the three months ended September 30 fell by 2.1 percent year-on-year in real terms, the first negative quarterly growth since 2009, said the city’s Statistics and…
What a waste. Son Ah-seop has made 100 hits for 15 consecutive years
Son Ah-seop will not start the “2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League” KIA Tigers at Gwangju Kia Champions Field on the 30th and will wait for a chance to be a substitute. Regarding Son’s challenge to record, acting NC manager Gong Pil-sung said, “I wish I had achieved it,” but added, “I don’t think I’m…
Western New York Dealers Filing Another Fraud
A former blackjack dealer at Seneca Buffalo Creek Casino in western New York faces additional fraud charges, a court has confirmed. Emily M. Torres, who has been brought to court for conspiring with customers at the casino, will now have to face another charge related to fraudulently helping players win big in real estate by…
Ontario Attorney General Discusses Game Business
After months of operations, Ontario’s new online gaming and sports betting market is starting to gain some momentum. Recently, Attorney General Doug Downey of the state discussed the topic, shed more light on why local governments pushed for it, and threw dice on the private game market for the first time in Canada. The introduction…
There’s a reason why they took him from the United States
Kwon Kwang-min is active with a batting average of .433 (13 hits in 30 at-bats) with four home runs, nine RBIs, three walks, eight strikeouts and an on-base percentage of .485 with a .933 OPS 1.418 in 12 games since the first-team call-up on the 3rd. It is a small sample, but he is leading…