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Temmuz 23, 2015

Cambodian gaming tax revenue Up 20% first 6 Months

The Cambodian Daily is reporting that gaming tax revenue increased year on year a full 20% in the first half of 2015 to $12 million. A Finance Minister is cited as saying that the increase is due to an increase in Thai gamblers crossing the border to play in Cambodian casinos. In the January through June period of 2014, casinos […]
Temmuz 23, 2015

Malaysia’s Resorts World Genting could earn immunity from smoking ban

Malaysia, a pre-dominantly Islamic country, has extremely strict gambling laws and only one casino is permitted to operate in the country. The Resorts World Genting casino resort is a popular tourist destination for people to hang out, have fun and try their luck as the casino of the area. Malaysia has decided to tighten its public smoking laws and by […]
Temmuz 23, 2015

1st Gaming Congress Kazakhstan begins in Almaty August 20th

The gambling industry is growing in what are now known as the The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). The CIS consists of the former Soviet Republics of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. Before now there was has been no centralized organization for the industry players to network, share knowledge, and expand their businesses. Thus […]
Ağustos 7, 2015

Cyprus casino generating big interest

The opportunity to build a casino resort in Cyprus has several top companies looking to bid for the rights to be involved. According to a report on the in-Cyprus news website, MGM and Caesars of Las Vegas as well as Genting Malaysia and Kezner of Macau have visited Cyprus to hopefully receive licensing to build and operate the resort facility. […]
Ağustos 7, 2015

Cyprus casino vote Thursday; easy passage predicted

The government of Cyprus is reportedly satisfied with all amendments and changes that have occurred with the country’s casino authorization bill and the law is expected to be voted on and approved by a majority of Ministers of Parliament on Thursday, July 2nd. One major change in the current bill is the allowance of a single satellite, slots only casino […]
Ağustos 7, 2015

Cyprus Parliament approves casino bill

In an effort to attract additional tourism to Cyprus, Parliament approved a new bill on Thursday which will see a casino resort created in the region. The approval also includes the addition of satellite establishments, four of which can be created in Cyprus. Twenty-nine MPs of DISY, DIKO and EDEK saw the bill passed while twenty-two lawmakers voted against the […]