Oz Casinos: What now?
With three inquiries into Crown Resorts completed, a review into Star Entertainment Group underway and a litany of damning findings uncovered around money laundering, Asian junket relationships, tax evasion and more, there are serious questions being asked about what the...
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Off Track: AUSTRAC’s AML Failures
Australia’s anti-money laundering watchdog has launched civil proceedings against Crown Resorts in what appears to be a reaction to its own past failures at detecting the casino operator’s transgressions. In late February, Australia’s financial crimes watchdog AUSTRAC served Crown Resorts...
Locals Game
IAG recently spoke with Shaun McCamley, former President at integrated resort The Grand Ho Tram Strip on Vietnam’s south-east coast, about the challenges facing the nation’s foreigner-only casinos and plans to add two more casinos to a pilot program for...
10 Years Ago: Seriously big
IAG looks back at our cover story from exactly 10 years ago, “Seriously big”, to rediscover what was making the news in May 2012! With Macau’s suppliers well advanced in converting their products to comply with the new EGM Technical...
Slots 2.0
In September 2021, the Macau government introduced new regulations governing the operation of electronic gaming machines within the SAR, titled EGM Technical Standards 2.0. But these new standards bring with them plenty of challenges for suppliers and operators alike. IAG...
What Now For Junkets?
The President of the Macau Association of Gaming and Entertainment Promoters, Kwok Chi Chung, speaks with IAG about the headwinds facing Macau’s junket industry and what the future might hold for the once dominant VIP sector. Inside Asian Gaming (IAG):...
Is Macau still investible?
Macau has long been seen as a city paved with gold – home to the biggest casino market in the world with gaming revenues at one time seven times higher than Las Vegas. But while Vegas has roared back to...
10 Years Ago: Ten years of change
In this regular feature in IAG to celebrate 17 years covering the Asian gaming and leisure industry, we look back at our cover story from exactly 10 years ago, “Ten years of change”, to rediscover what was making the news...
