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Casino News Daily Boracay Casino Resort Still On Track to Open in 2021 Despite Ongoing Hurdles A planned casino resort on Boracay is on track to be launched in 2021 , despite the Philippine island’s closure for environmental rehabilitation, a representative of one of the companies behind the project told local media. News emerged last December that Macau gaming and hospitality giant Galaxy Entertainment Group had partnered Philippine leisure and entertainment company Leisure and Resorts World Corp. (LRWC) to build together a $550-million integrated resort on the island of Boracay. It was announced earlier this year that Galaxy has received a provisional gaming license from the Philippine gambling regulator, PAGCOR, for the operation of a casino at the planned property. At the same time, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the closure of the island for a six-month environmental cleanup, following a probe into the environmental state of the popular tourist hub ....
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Casino News Daily Thai Police Detain Six Chinese Nationals Involved in Illegal Gambling Operation Six Chinese nationals were detained in Thailand for the provision of illegal gambling services on the territory of the country in the latest wave of raids conducted by Thai police. The arrested individuals, two women and four men, were found to have operated an online gambling ring from two rented houses in the city of Chiang Mai. The provision of online gambling services and products and betting on such products is prohibited under Thai gambling laws. However, this has not prevented a booming black market from setting up operations in the country and luring Thai customers into gambling. Thai police said earlier today that during Wednesday raids into two houses in the San Sai district of Chiang Mai, they arrested six individuals, all Chinese nationals, and seized equipment used for the illegal provision of gambling services. Two Thai citizens, who were leasing the houses, wer...
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Casino News Daily Israeli Hoteliers Buy Shuttered Las Vegas Strip Motel, Hint Casino Development Plans A new hotel and casino complex might spring up in the southern end of the Las Vegas Strip after two Israeli hoteliers bought earlier this month the 1960s-era Motel 8 and hinted at plans to bulldoze the site to make room for a new development, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports. According to property records, Israeli businessmen Asher Gabay and Benny Zerah completed the purchase of the motel on July 13. They paid $7.4 million for the property which is located on the southern edge of the Strip, right across the street from where the golden facade of Mandalay Bay is shining in the hot Las Vegas sun and is dwarfing the much smaller building of Motel 8. The Review-Journal notes that Motel 8 has a peculiar backstory. Court documents showed that the property’s late owner, without the knowledge of his estranged wife, had transferred its ownership to a trust formed with his mist...
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Casino News Daily Thai Police Continue Clamping Down on Illegal Betting after World Cup Thai and Chinese police busted last week another illegal online gambling operation in Thailand, Thai police officers announced earlier today. In a joint operation, police from the two countries arrested 34 individuals, most of whom Chinese nationals, on illegal gambling charges as well as for the alleged operation of an illegal financial operation. Thai Deputy Tourism Police Chief Pol Maj-Gen Surachet Hakpal disclosed more details about the latest nabbing of an illegal gambling ring in the country at a press conference held today at the headquarters of the Royal Thai Police. The official said that Chinese police cooperated in catching the 34 suspects , of whom 24 were Chinese nationals. Thai police raided last Friday as many as 14 locations in Bangkok, Phuket, Nonthaburi, and Chon Buri. Nineteen of the arrested individuals were suspected to be part of call center gangs ; 17 of them wer...
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Casino News Daily Australian Racing Rolls Out New Rules to Combat Illegal Online Gambling Australian horse racing trainers and owners could have their computers and mobile devices seized if they are suspected of gambling with illegal betting websites, under a new set of rules by Racing Australia, local news outlet The Sydney Morning Herald reports. Racing Australia is the regulatory body tasked with overseeing Australia’s thoroughbred racing industry. The regulator has adopted speedily a fresh wave of rules aimed at clamping down on illegal offshore operators targeting Australian bettors. Although Australians are allowed to wager on legal websites, they often prefer black market operators to regulated ones, tempted by the promise of a better product and odds. According to a 2015 report by the former Australian Council, the country’s illegal betting market was worth around A$400 million at the time and was expected to reach A$900 million by 2020. A study by Rac...
Casino News Daily Melco Opens Two Casino Facilities at Larnaca Airport Within Months Two satellite casino facilities will open doors at the Larnaca International Airport by the end of the year under an agreement between Integrated Casino Resorts Cyprus and Hermes Airport Ltd., a joint statement by the two companies says. Integrated Resorts Cyprus represents the joint venture between Hong Kong-based gaming and hospitality giant Melco Resorts & Entertainment and its Cypriot partner CNS Group. The two companies were selected as the preferred bidder for the development of the first integrated resort with a casino floor in the Republic of Cyprus . Under the term of their license from the Cypriot government, Melco and CNS Group are also set to open four satellite casinos across the tiny Mediterranean republic. The recently signed agreement with Hermes Airports, the company operating the Larnaca International Airport, will allow Melco and its local partner to establish two gam...