Chip and a chair
Smart gaming tables have become the talk of the town in Macau, with all six concessionaires having either already installed the technology or confirmed they are in the process of doing so. IAG takes a look at this innovative combination...
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Lingering gloom
IAG takes a look at the financial woes negatively impacting Macau’s SMEs and the factors contributing to the issue, including the collapse of the VIP junket industry. If you wander the streets of Macau’s residential areas, it is not difficult...
The show must go on
MGM China has announced the launch of its own residency show, MGM 2049, to debut at MGM Cotai in December. MGM will launch its own Macau residency show later this year asa part of a collaboration with world-renowned Chinese filmmaker...
20 Years Ago – Time of Sands
In this regular feature in IAG to celebrate 18 years covering the Asian gaming and leisure industry, we look back at our cover story from exactly 10 years ago, “Time of Sands”, when we looked back at what was then...
Macau’s new concert economy
More than simply satisfying the government’s goal of developing Macau into a City of Performing Arts, the efforts of concessionaires to boost their non-gaming offerings has seen a new “concert economy” emerge that is not only diversifying the city’s portfolio...
A new threat
A crackdown on junkets in Macau and further afield in places like Australia has seen organized crime gangs shift their activities to Southeast Asia, where there has been a huge increase in the number of illegal land-based and online casinos...
Just push play
Eight years after a review into Australia’s online wagering space proposed legalizing online in-play sports betting, there has been no movement in that direction. IAG asks the question, Why? Published in 2016, Australia’s Review of Illegal Offshore Wagering – more...
Seoul Mate
Taiwan’s Jumbo Technology is making waves in the South Korean market via its exciting new array of slot machine games and cabinets. Jumbo Technology has made a striking debut in South Korea, where its latest gaming products have been extremely...
