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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.
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PAGCOR's decoupling plan, assessed
The Philippine regulator wants out of the casino business, with the Casino Filipino estate valued by its own chairman at PHP30bn to PHP50bn. An assessment of what a referee gains, and gives up, by selling the team.
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Konami's Japan manufacturer application, assessed
The company says it is the first manufacturer to file with the JCRC, across all applicable categories. An assessment of what a submitted application buys a supplier five years before a market exists.
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Macau's gaming tax take rose 9.3% through July as monthly receipts fell
Collections reached MOP58.34bn in the first seven months and about 86% of current government revenue, per bureau figures — while July's receipt alone fell 17.5% on June. The gap is a calendar, not a collapse.
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MGM Osaka, assessed at mid-construction
Funded, government-approved, roughly US$10bn, opening targeted for 2030. An assessment of what Japan's first integrated resort has actually secured — and what remains a forecast.