Archive for June, 2006

Las Vegas Sands | Macau Presentation

You will love listening to this presentation by Wiliam Weidner, COO of Las Vegas Sands at the Bank of America Gaming Conference in Las Vegas. It has 55 slides and takes about 35 minutes. It is a very powerful presentation outlining some of their insights and plans for the Cotai Strip and Macau projects! Listen to

The Number of Broadband Subscribers in Macau Has Grown to 563.000 a Penetration of 113%!

June 29, 2006 | BusinessWire | Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c38791) has announced the addition of 2006 Asia - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan to their offering. This report provides a comprehensive overview of the trends and developments in telecommunications, broadcasting and pay TV markets in Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan. Subjects covered include: - Key

Las Vegas and Macau Continue to Drive Casino Gaming Market Opportunities

June 28, 2006 | MarketWire | POINT ROBERTS, WA and DELTA, BC -- www.GamingIndustryStocks.com (GIS), an investor and industry news portal for the gaming sector, presents an online audio interview with Dan Ahrens, Portfolio Manager for the Gaming and Casino Fund (NASDAQ: GACFX), the only current mutual fund to specialize in the Gaming and Casino

Playboy Casino, Hotel and Nightclub coming to Macau?

June 28, 2006 | SmartMoney | SEX MIGHT SELL, but it doesn't sell stocks. Consider the abysmal performance of Playboy Enterprises (PLA: 9.52, -0.02, -0.2%), whose shares fetch 9 apiece, just as they did in 1992. In fact, they've lost ground since founder, controlling shareholder and "chief creative officer" Hugh Hefner, now 80, took the company

PBL – NASDAQ Listing of Macau JV Looking More Prospective

June 27, 2006 | Egoli | Macquairy - With world markets finding more stability in the past week, the probability and price of the NASDAQ listing for the PBL/Melco joint venture looks much more prospective. In the event that the venture was floated with the mooted equity valuation of US$6bn, this would imply that PBL's

Over 100 arrested in Hong Kong for World Cup gambling

June 27, 2006 | Yahoo News | HONG KONG (AFP) - More than 100 people have been arrested in Hong Kong for illegal gambling on football since the World Cup kicked off. Police said Monday betting slips worth more than 50 million dollars (6.4 million US) had been seized in about 50 operations since the opening

Investigation MGM Grand Macau Project

June 27, 2006 | BlogMacau | Pansy Ho, partner of the MGM Grand Macau project, told local media that the US gaming watchdog investigation is a "normal process", and will not affect the project as a whole. She told reporters that the investigation is only for checks on whether she is an "appropriate" business partner for

Macau Could Soon Replace Las Vegas as World’s Largest Gaming Market

une 26, 2006 | MensNewsDaily | Tiny Macau has not only become Asia’s casino capital, but gaming experts say it could soon replace the Las Vegas Strip as the world’s largest gambling market in terms of revenue.Macau’s gross gaming revenue is already almost on the same level as that of the famous Strip, the 6.5 kilometer

December 5 & 6, 2006 : EXPO REAL ASIA in Macau

EXPO REAL ASIA takes place on 5 and 6 December in Macau Conference concept is the ideal platform for networking Incentive for investment in Asia’s booming economy EXPO REAL ASIA 2006, International Property Conference and Exposition, takes place on 5 and 6 December 2006 in the Macau Tower Convention & Entertainment Center in Macau (Special Administrative Region, SAR)

Macau versus the Las Vegas Strip: which will be the bigger winner?

June 24, 2006 | FinanceAsia | Can Macau out-Vegas Las Vegas, asks Standard & Poor's. Macau, a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the People's Republic of China, is currently one of the world's fastest growing gaming markets. It is estimated that during the next few years Macau will not only replace the Las Vegas Strip as