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Day: July 24, 2015

Full smoking ban could lead to 25 pct casino revenue loss: Macau MGM chief

Full smoking ban could lead to 25 pct casino revenue loss: Macau MGM chief

A 15 to 25 percent loss in gaming revenue was possible if a blanket smoking ban would be imposed on casinos, as had been the case in other gaming jurisdictions, MGM Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director Grant Bowie said Thursday. Bowie made the gloomy prediction after attending a graduation ceremony of the gaming operator’s […]
ANIMA pledges to find greyhounds new homes if racetrack is closed

ANIMA pledges to find greyhounds new homes if racetrack is closed

Macau Society for the Protection of Animals (ANIMA) President Albano Martins said Thursday that once the Yat Yuen Canidrome is closed, his group had a plan to work with its international counterparts to find the about 700 greyhounds new homes. ANIMA held an International Roundtable on Greyhounds  at the Grand Coloane hotel, with representatives of […]
Macau’s tourist arrivals in June see worst number in 32 months

Macau’s tourist arrivals in June see worst number in 32 months

Macau’s visitor arrivals in June recorded a 7.6 percent year-on-year and 11.8 percent month-to- month decline to 2.24 million, the worst number since September 2012, the city’s Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) said Thursday in the latest press release. Visitors from the mainland who accounted for over 60 percent of the total decreased by 10.1 […]