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South Korea foreigner-only casino license requirements
Who grants a Korean foreigner-only casino licence, the statute behind it, how the NGCC sales ceiling treats it, and the Inspire permission KED reported.
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Inspire Entertainment Resort still for sale? No buyer named
No buyer named: Bain's May 2025 open bid for MGE Korea ended without one, per iGB (Jan 2026). A dated timeline and the licence rules a new owner faces.
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Inspire Entertainment Resort under Bain Capital, assessed
Bain accelerated a US$275m loan and took Inspire in February 2025. The debt stack, the FY25 results and the sale listing on one dated page.
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What Japan's regulator says still has to happen before a casino can open
Japan's casino regime, read off the Japan Casino Regulatory Commission's own pages rather than trade-press paraphrase — and where an approved area plan and a filed supplier application actually sit in it.
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Marina Bay Sands and Resorts World Sentosa, assessed before the February 2027 licence
Singapore's two casino licences run on different clocks — three years for MBS to April 2028, two for RWS expiring next February. An assessment of what the regulator actually measures, and what the half-year numbers say about it.
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Kangwon Land says it is building a foreigners-only zone inside Korea's locals-admitting casino
The country's protected domestic house is going after the segment where the growth has been — a segment that today accounts for about one percent of its own gate. Korea's 17 foreigner-only casinos grew visitors almost 19% last year, per the report; Kangwon Land grew 4.5%.
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PAGCOR holds the online licence count at 48 and rules out new entrants
The March 2024 freeze on new e-gaming licences stays until the sector consolidates, the chairman says. The register is down to 48 from 74, the rates are set at 30 and 25 percent, and the 2026 GGR estimate sits below last year's print.