Cambodia
Phnom Penh, Takhmao placed under two-week lockdown
Cambodia's capital Phnom Penh and neighbouring Takhmao will be placed under lockdown from two weeks from today to help curb the spread of Covid 19.
Phnom Penh covid curfew could be extended
Cambodia’s capital city could see a quieter than normal New Year festival if the number of covid cases continues to rise, according to government officials.
Nagacorp says Q1 mass business continues to improve
Nagacorp said its mass market business continued to improve in Q1, gaining sequentially from the second half of last year and returning to about 99 percent of its Q1, 2020 levels before the pandemic took hold.
Century Entertainment expects Dara Sakor casino opening in April
Century Entertainment said it now expects the opening of a new casino in Dara Sakor to take place in April after being delayed to a new round of Covid-19 mandated closures in Cambodia.
Looking for silver linings
It’s a term that’s frequently over-used, but if you were a land-based gaming operator in Asia last year, it truly was an “annus horribilis.”
Jumbo’s ARK-65 enjoys success in Cambodia
ARK-65, the six-seater electronic fishing game — Fortune Cruise — is Jumbo's latest and finest innovation and has successfully become a part of Cambodia’s attraction this year.
PATA CEO sees slow recovery, but optimism for future
Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) CEO Dr. Mario Hardy sees a slow recovery for Asia’s tourism markets, though remains optimistic about the future of travel.
Cambodia puts a stop to NagaCorp’s Angkor Wat project
NagaCorp’s ambitious plan to build a non-gaming resort not far from the world heritage site of Angkor Wat appears to have met a hard end, according to a report in the Phnom Penh Post.
Cambodia casino tax revenues plummeted 53% in 2020
Cambodia Ministry of Economy and Finance Deputy Director Ros Phirun has revealed to the local media that tax revenues collected from Cambodia’s casino industry fell about 53 percent between 2019 and the year of the coronavirus 2020.
Sihanoukville cases drop but no border opening yet
Sihanoukville has had no new Covid cases for two days, but authorities say it's still too early to open the borders to travel.
Life After POGOs – AGB Pop-Up Forum
The Philippines and Asia’s online gaming industry is going through uncertain times, with the gaming regulator seeing more and more operators leaving the country for greener pastures.
Acquiring & Retaining iGaming Customers
In this AGB Webinar Series, we covered the newest strategies for iGaming player acquisition and retention.
Asia Gaming Briefings – April 2021 Edition
In this April edition of Asia Gaming Briefings we take the pulse of how the North Asia jurisdictions of Japan, Korea and the Russian Far East have fared.
Asia Gaming Briefings – Feb 2021 Edition
The world is bouncing back, or at least coming to grips with the fact that going forward not much will be the same as before. Commendably, this industry quickly understood the need to adapt to a new normal, and that the days of targeting the low hanging fruit of the VIP sector are gone.
Asia Gaming Briefings – Dec 2020 Edition
Over the years, many of the answers have been remarkably prescient in their forecasts for the near-term direction of Asia’s gaming industry. However, we can safely say that no one came anywhere close to guessing what 2020 may have had in store.