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Silver Heritage delisted from Australian Securities Exchange
Silver Heritage Group has been removed from the official list of the Australian Securities Exchange, effective from close of trading on Friday.
IPI resort should be “blown to smithereens,” lawmaker says
Imperial Pacific International's under construction resort on Saipan should be "blown to smithereens," if the Casino Control Commission revokes the company's operating license, lawmaker Vicente Camacho said.
Crown hires powerbroker to advise on probe fallout
Crown Resort has reportedly hired a powerful government lobbyist, former senator Stephen Conroy, as a consultant to deal with the fallout from the findings of the Victorian Royal Commission.
Abhinay Jeggannagari
Abhinay Jeggannagari is an equity research analyst at J.P. Morgan Australia, covering tech, meia, telco, chemicals/industrials and gaming.
Star Entertainment retracts merger proposal with Crown
The Star Entertainment Group has retracted its proposal to merge with rival operator Crown Resorts, citing uncertainty in Crown being able to retain its Melbourne casino license.
Bidders raise hands for Saipan casino license
Commonwealth Casino Commission executive director Andrew Yeom says the commission has received a number of inquiries from interested parties in Saipan’s casino license, should IPI’s one be revoked.
Concerns that NZ casinos are turning into “pokie dens”
Gambling opponents in New Zealand have raised concerns of casinos turning into “pokie dens” after the operator of Dunedin’s Grand Casino applied to vary its operator’s license by removing a mandatory requirement to have at least one gaming table open between noon and 6pm.
New C3 Gaming global consultants network launched
A new Casino Consultants Consortium, or C3 Gaming, has been launched whose roster is said to include consultants from “Asia, Europe, Oceania and North America”.
Five banks in focus for IPO of SG lotteries arm
Five Australian investment banks are reportedly in line to set up what could become the largest IPO on the Australia Securities Exchange, as Scientific Games (SG) seeks to list its global lotteries arm.
Crown stock slips as investors ponder potential license loss
Shares in Crown Resorts slipped for a second day as analysts begin to mull the impact of the potential loss of a casino license at the company’s flagship property in Melbourne.
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