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Macau Unemployment Rate Just 1.7 Percent, as Gaming Industry Continues Hiring Spree
Macau is the world's richest gambling mecca, and the gaming industry is providing plenty of well-paying jobs for locals. Data released this week by the Special Administrative Region's (SAR) Statistics and Census Service reveals that unemployment between February through April fell 0.2...
Greece Extends Bidding Period for Athens Casino, US Gaming Operators Losing Interest
Greece announced this week that the bidding period for its lone Athens casino license is being extended by a month, with the new deadline now June 28. The delay is the latest setback for the capital city's redevelopment following the country's post-bailout...
Japanese Billionaire Kazuo Okada Sues Own Family Over Tiger Resort Removal
Japanese billionaire Kazuo Okada is suing his estranged wife and son, as well as several current and former Tiger Resort officials, over his 2017 removal from the gaming company he founded. Okada, 77, founded Universal Entertainment 50 years ago, but was removed...
Las Vegas Sands Uninterested in Rural Japan Casino Resort, President Trump Visits Prime Minister Abe
Las Vegas Sands is considered a frontrunner for one of the three forthcoming integrated casino resort licenses in Japan, but the company is only interested in building such a multibillion-dollar complex if it's in a large city. Speaking with GGRAsia, the online...
Las Vegas Stadium Adding 20 Additional Suites in Effort to Boost Super Bowl Candidacy
The $1.8 billion Las Vegas stadium that will become home of the NFL Raiders next year is adding 20 additional suites in hopes of better appealing to the league to win hosting rights for an upcoming Super Bowl. Las Vegas Stadium Co....
Tiger Woods Talks Sports Betting, Loses Poker Charity Event to NBA Superstar Russell Westbrook
Tiger Woods hasn't shied away from commenting on the legalization of sports betting across the US, and this week he weighed in on one outlandish wager made on himself winning all four of golf's majors in 2019. At his Tiger Jam event...
MGM Springfield GGR Plummets 15 Percent in April, Casino Nearly $100M Short of Expectations
Massachusetts' MGM Springfield reported a month-to-month 15 percent gross gaming revenue (GGR) decline for April, but company officials aren't overly concerned with the $960 million integrated casino resort's performance. Financial data supplied by the Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) shows that the casino...
MGM China CEO Grant Bowie Confident in Macau Despite US-China Trade War
MGM China CEO Grant Bowie told reporters this week that he remains bullish on Macau's economy and gaming industry despite the ongoing trade war between the United States and China. Speaking with reporters at the Nam Van Lake Nautical Center where regional...
Gaming Industry CEOs Receive Reduced Pay in 2018, as Stocks Tumbled in Second Half of Year
The CEOs of the gaming industry's largest players in the US saw their salaries decrease last year, as their stocks took a hit in the latter half of 2018. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that five of the six examined companies paid...
Atlantic City Casinos Win $250.7M in April, MGM Resorts Developing Marina District Condos
Atlantic City casinos won more than $250.7 million in land-based, online, and sports betting gross gaming revenue (GGR) last month, which is a nearly 17 percent year-over-year gain. The beachfront town's nine brick-and-mortar casinos reported GGR of $207.58 million from slots and...
