Mirage Hotel & Casino Sets Closing Date Amid Transition to Hard Rock Hotel

A long-standing fixture on the Las Vegas Strip is preparing to close its doors. Hard Rock International has announced that The Mirage Hotel & Casino will cease operations on July 17, 2024. This closure marks the beginning of a significant transf

Caesars and MGM Set to Gain from Closures of Tropicana and Mirage on Las Vegas Strip

According to a Las Vegas-based gaming analyst, the recent closures of two significant properties on the Las Vegas Strip will likely benefit the largest casino operators, Caesars Entertainment and MGM Resorts International. These two giants, which co

Thor and Partners Unveil $3 Billion Coney Island Casino Proposal Featuring Hotel, Concert Venue, and Retail Space

Thor Equities, alongside Saratoga Casino Holdings, the Chickasaw Nation, and Legends, is refining its proposal for The Coney, a transformative project in Coney Island, Brooklyn. Shaping the vision: The scope of The Coney project, initially synonymou

Junket operator David Group denies closures, layoff plans

On the heels of Neptune Guangdong Group denying media reports yesterday that they plan to idle as many as 300 workers, the David Group has informed the local Macau Business Daily that they also “[have] no such plans” to close VIP rooms at the end of

Casino projects on hold waiting for ministry of finance decree

The Khanh Hoa Provincial People’s Committee submitted a casino proposal to be located on the Cam Ranh peninsula. In May, Banyan Tree Capital also submitted a casino proposal to be located in Thua Thien-Hue province. Both projects have been rej

Malaysian authorities block more than 500 websites due to illegal gambling

In efforts to lock down illegal gambling activity in Malaysia, authorities have shut down more than 500 online gambling sites from operating in the country. Based on the language of the Common Gaming Houses Act 1953, the country has taken measures t

Steve Wynn meets with president of Kazakhstan

Akorda.kz, the official site of the President of Kazakhstan, announced that on May 25th Wynn Resorts CEO Steven Wynn met with President Nursultan Nazarbayev in the country’s capital of Astana. The president’s press office says that the t

VIP revenue slump causes two junket operators to scale back

Neptune Guangdong Group and David Group are two of the largest junket operators in Macau. They announced their intention to scale back on their VIP operations due to a slump, according to Business Daily. The news site cited Lei Kuok Keong, the presi

Wang Bo bribery case to be investigated by new fact-finding team

Wang Bo is a Chinese national who is allegedly involved in a bribery case involving officials from the Bureau of Immigration. Wang currently sits in a BI detention facility in Taguig City and now the Department of Justice would like to create a spec

Nevada judge asked to unseal private eye reports on Sands China

When Las Vegas Sands Chairman and billionaire Sheldon Adelson decided to terminate his Sands China CEO Steve Jacobs in 2010, he had no idea of the repercussions that decision would bring. Jacobs took Adelson and the Las Vegas Sands Corp to court sta

Neptune Guangdong Group denies layoffs

Reports here and in several Asian news outlets recently, as well as analysis from Daiwa Securities Group have indicated imminent and actual layoffs by certain Macau junket operators. A report in GGRAsia today says that an entity calling itself “Nept

Theme park next to Lisboa Palace, Cotai

On 5th June 2015 it was reported that on Thursday, Angela Leong On Kei said the multibillion dollar project for the theme park, which is to be situated next to Stanley Ho’s Lisboa Palace on the strip of Macau Cotai still has not been granted land by