The Philippine casino sector produced PHP25.74 billion (US$536.2 million) in gross gaming revenue (GGR) in the first quarter this year, according to data released earlier this week by that country’s gaming regulator. The figure excludes revenue from bingo operations and from electronic game parlours.
The GGR tally for the three months to March 31 was down 43.9 percent in year-on-year terms, showed the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp (Pagcor), an operator of public-sector casinos as well as the regulator and licensor of private-sector venues. The overall GGR figure however was up by 19.0 percent in quarterly terms.
Commercial casinos linked to Entertainment City, a special development zone for gaming resorts in the capital Manila, produced just below PHP21.12 billion in GGR in the January to March period, down 37.7 percent compared with the prior-year period, but a sequential increase of 25.0 percent.
Now, multiple sources have told the
Sun the reason for the departure is a police investigation into how Deeb conducted himself, and his business dealings, while heading up the provincial gambling monopoly.
OLG was clear when asked that it is not part of any investigation.
“We can confirm that OLG has not been to date the subject of a police investigation. We aren’t in a position to comment on our former chair,” OLG’s statement said late Monday.
Deeb’s photo and bio have been scrubbed from the OLG website with former civil servant Gail Beggs being listed as acting chair.
Vancouver, British Columbia and Toronto, Ontario (Newsfile Corp. - May 3, 2021) - Wondr Gaming Corp. (formerly Transglobe Internet and Telecom Co., Ltd.) (the "Company") and Wondr Gaming Corporation
The head of the Philippine casino regulator reportedly said in an online forum that three integrated resorts (IRs) in Manila had “started” online play for table games and slots.
The comments of Andrea Domingo (pictured in a file photo), the boss of the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp (Pagcor), reported by the Philippine Star newspaper, didn’t clarify if those games were purely digital or whether live streaming of live-dealer table games was involved, or whether such play was available only to domestic players or to overseas ones.
But it did directly quote her as saying Solaire Resort and Casino, run by Bloomberry Resorts Corp; Resorts World Manila, run by Travellers International Hotel Group Ltd; and Okada Manila, run by a unit of Japan’s Universal Entertainment Corp, were all running “online table games and slot machines”.
June 25, 2017:
The month of June has been full of news from the Woodbine Entertainment Group’s Standardbred circuit. Dr J Hanover lowered the overall Canadian speed record. The eliminations and final of the Pepsi North America Cup took place. WEG also announced that year-round Standardbred racing will be coming to Mohawk. With that all said, there was a bit of WEG-related news that fell through the cracks this month..read on
Another Crowdfunded Equine Product
December 12, 2016:
The Standardbred Canada website recently featured a story about how a successful crowdfunding campaign led to the first clippable ‘running shoes’ for horses. Now another aspiring venture has gotten off the ground courtesy of a wave of online support..read on