Kelsey Wilhelm

The number of Suspicious Transaction Reports (STRs) filed by gaming operators in Macau in the third quarter of the year fell to 860, the lowest quarter of the year so far.

The Philippines’ efforts to eliminate Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) are proving successful, with only 100 POGO hubs being monitored.

Higher hotel prices in the third quarter helped push up Macau’s Tourist Price Index by nearly 4.43 percent quarterly, boosted by the summer holiday.

Australia’s beleaguered gaming operator The Star has already been facing hardships but is likely to be facing more ahead, as the New South Wales Independent Casino Commission (NICC) will make an announcement to address the findings of the Bell Two inquiry ‘and any subsequent disciplinary outcomes’ sometime this month.

Results for Okada Manila showed a significant slowdown on both a yearly and quarterly basis in the third quarter, heavily affecting the group’s EBITDA for the period.

SkyCity Entertainment Group has announced that the courts have denied its appeal over whether loyalty points converted to gaming machine play should not be subject to the casino duty at its Adelaide casino.

Australian gaming operator The Star has been fined and had license conditions imposed on its Sydney operations however it has not had its casino license cancelled entirely.

Australian gaming operator The Star has been fined and had license conditions imposed on its Sydney operations however it has not had its casino license cancelled entirely.

Graft complaints have been filed in the Philippines against the suspended Porac mayor, as well as other officials, in regards to illegal POGO Lucky South 99.

Genting Malaysia has fired back against the $600 million legal action taken against it by its partner in Resorts World Bimini, in the Bahamas, calling the claim ‘baseless’ and that it is ‘nothing more than a shareholder dispute’.