PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte recently enacted into law a bill that puts casinos under money laundering monitoring in a bid to curb illicit financial transactions,...
By David Bonnet
WHEN Japan’s parliament legalized casino gambling last year, it created a wave of excitement among casino operators and institutional investors. But sensitivities...
Muntinlupa City Representative Ruffy Biazon on Monday slammed the Philippine Economic Zone Authority, an attached agency of the Department of Trade and Industry, for...
By Angus Whitley and Daniela Wei
China just sent a clear message to casinos sprouting across Asia: don’t peddle your baccarat here.
A Shanghai court on...
The recent incident at Resorts World Manila where a lone gunman—addicted to gambling but banned by the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. from all...
In order to promote a level playing field in the gambling industry and avoid conflict of interests, Senator Panfilo Lacson said the Philippine Amusement...
By Clarissa Batino and Cecilia Yap
Rodrigo Duterte’s ascent to power in the Philippines has motivated a little-known businessman from the president’s province to become...
State-run Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. is open to the government’s proposal to privatize the casinos under its control.
“I am not opposing it... If...
SHANGHAI, China"•China is to halve the cash machine limit for certain cardholders visiting the gambling enclave of Macau, in its latest effort to curb...
The Finance Department said Tuesday it plans to privatize more assets in three years, including United Coconut Planters Bank and casinos run by Philippine...
MACABEBE, Pampanga—Former Makati Vice Mayor Ernesto Mercado, accompanied by 10 bodyguards, including alleged agents of the National Bureau of Investigation, lost P300,000 while gambling...
