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    • Monday, 22 May, 2023
      Travel & leisure industry
      Macau casinos mount comeback as mass-market players return

      Galaxy Entertainment says net revenue has recovered to more than half its pre-pandemic figures

      The Galaxy Macau casino and hotel
    • Wednesday, 19 April, 2023
      Inside BusinessPrimrose Riordan
      An overdue reckoning for Macau’s casinos

      The falling of a gambling kingpin has raised questions about the industry reliance on ‘junket’ operators

      A croupier counts the chips at a baccarat gaming table inside a casino at the Sands Cotai Central in Macau
    • Wednesday, 29 March, 2023
      Visual investigation
      Inside North Korea’s oil smuggling: triads, ghost ships and underground banks

      An investigation into the Chinese criminal networks helping to prop up the rogue nuclear regime

      A CGI reconstruction of the Unica, a vessel known to deliver oil to North Korea, in front of a map of East Asia
    • Friday, 10 March, 2023
      Travel & leisure industry
      MGM China leads casino operator recovery in Macau

      Market share increases and share price more than doubles as gamblers return to the table

      The MGM Grand Macau casino
    • Tuesday, 31 January, 2023
      News in-depthGambling industry
      Fall of Asia’s gambling kingpin augurs change for Macau industry

      Alvin Chau’s jailing comes as Beijing cracks down on money laundering and capital flight

    • Wednesday, 18 January, 2023
      Lex
      Macau gaming: Chau’s jail term warns punters and investors alike Premium content

      Caution should now be applied to local gambling stocks

      A moving roulette wheel
    • Wednesday, 18 January, 2023
      Gambling industry
      Macau ‘junket king’ Alvin Chau sentenced to 18 years in prison

      Former Suncity boss is highest-profile target of Beijing’s crackdown on VIP gambling and capital outflows

      Former Suncity Group chief executive Alvin Chau, pictured in Macau in 2020
    • Sunday, 8 January, 2023
      News in-depthGambling industry
      Casino mecca Macau gambles on becoming a global tourist attraction

      Big Six operators will invest $15bn over 10 years, with more than 90% spent on non-gaming developments

      The Grand Lisboa casino sits in the middle of a Macau skyline picture
    • Monday, 26 December, 2022
      Chinese society
      Chinese vaccine tourists flock to Macau for mRNA Covid jabs

      Explosion of cases and ban on more effective western shots lead residents to look abroad

      Tourists in Macao
    • Monday, 28 November, 2022
      Macau casino stocks soar after new licences granted

      Operators struggle to recover as Beijing’s strict pandemic rules curb tourism

      Macau’s Casino Lisboa
    • Tuesday, 2 August, 2022
      Melco Resorts & Entertainment Ltd
      Hong Kong casino tycoon considers Macau move to avoid US delisting

      Melco is exploring a loophole as negotiations between Beijing and Washington reach a stalemate

      A picture of Melco chair Lawrence Ho
    • Friday, 15 July, 2022
      Lex
      Macau/gaming: casino operators bet on unlikely comeback Premium content

      Recovery is a distant prospect given the twin effects of Covid and China’s bleak economic outlook

      The closed MGM Grand Macau casino and empty streets in Macau
    • Sunday, 10 July, 2022
      Coronavirus
      China reimposes curbs as BA.5 variant spreads Omicron outbreaks

      Authorities in cities across the country are rushing to fight more infectious Covid-19 strain

      A healthcare worker in protective gear collects a sample from a woman at a Covid-19 testing booth
    • Tuesday, 21 June, 2022
      Macau’s Covid crackdown leaves Stanley Ho’s SJM casino group burning cash

      Liquidity declines at operator founded by late tycoon as coronavirus curbs hit gambling sector

      SJM Holdings’ Casino Lisboa in Macau
    • Monday, 17 January, 2022
      Gambling industry
      Macau casino shares rally after gaming law offers reprieve to US companies

      Sands China, MGM China and Wynn Macau jump after authorities maintain number of operating licences

      Pedestrians walk past the the Sands Cotai Central and Venetian Macao casino resorts
    • Tuesday, 30 November, 2021
      Lex
      Macau gaming: Beijing junks the junkets and imperils local economy Premium content

      Such betting trips are the backbone of Macau’s $30bn gambling market

      Visitors use slot machines at a casino in Macau
    • Monday, 29 November, 2021
      Macau casino stocks tumble after arrest of junket executive

      Detention of Suncity chair Alvin Chau for ‘damaging social order’ sends shares down sharply

      Attendees play electronic slot machines in Macau, China
    • Sunday, 28 November, 2021
      The Big Read
      Macau casinos gamble on relations with Beijing

      Hit hard by the pandemic, operators in the world’s biggest gambling hub are facing scrutiny from the Xi government

    • Wednesday, 22 September, 2021
      News in-depthGambling industry
      Macau casino operators fear end of winning streak with new gaming law

      Proposals could force operators to become ‘more Chinese’ as Beijing cracks down on capital outflow

      An aerial view of the Galaxy casino, owned by Galaxy Entertainment, and the Venetian and Parisian casinos, owned by Las Vegas Sands, in Cotai, Macau
    • Wednesday, 15 September, 2021
      Gambling industry
      Casino stocks shed $20bn as Macau government seeks greater oversight

      Operators in world’s biggest gambling hub suffer worst day ever as authorities review gaming law

      People wearing protective masks walk in front of Casino Lisboa, operated by SJM Holdings, in Macau
    • Wednesday, 15 September, 2021
      Lex
      Casinos/Macau: it is time to take the chips off the table  Premium content

      Restricting the number of licences is most worrying part of Beijing’s latest crackdown

      The Casino Lisboa in Macau
    • Monday, 3 May, 2021
      Inside BusinessTom Mitchell
      Ho casino empire starts to emerge from shadow of late patriarch

      Launch of Grand Lisboa Palace integrated resort signals new direction for SJM group

      SJM’s current flagship casino, the Grand Lisboa
    • Tuesday, 26 May, 2020
      ObituaryStanley Ho
      Stanley Ho, Macau gambling tycoon, 1921-2020 

      Swashbuckling businessman established China’s modern casino industry

    • Tuesday, 4 February, 2020
      Lex
      Coronavirus/casinos: busted flush Premium content

      If the outbreak lasts anywhere as long as Sars, the industry’s business model could come undone

      Visitors wearing face masks inside the Venetian casino hotel resort in Macau on January 22. Macau is shutting its casino industry for two weeks in an attempt to counter the spread of coronavirus
    • Tuesday, 4 February, 2020
      Coronavirus
      Hong Kong confirms first coronavirus death as Macau closes casinos

      Man is second fatality outside mainland China as Beijing says infections exceed 20,000

      MACAU, CHINA - JANUARY 28: People wearing face masks walk in front of the Grand Lisboa Hotel on January 28, 2020 in Macau, China. The number of cases of a deadly new coronavirus rose to over 4000 in mainland China Tuesday as health officials locked down the city of Wuhan last week in an effort to contain the spread of the pneumonia-like disease which medicals experts have confirmed can be passed from human to human. In an unprecedented move, Chinese authorities put travel restrictions on the city which is the epicentre of the virus and neighbouring municipalities affecting tens of millions of people. At least six people have reportedly contracted the virus in Macau. The number of those who have died from the virus in China climbed to over 100 on Tuesday and cases have been reported in other countries including the United States, Canada, Australia, France, Thailand, Japan, Taiwan and South Korea. (Photo by Anthony Kwan/Getty Images)
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