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Having shelved its plans to develop a casino close to the Vaalimaa border-crossing point in Virolahti, Eastern Finland, Finland’s Slot Machine Association RAY has confirmed it wants to transfer the licence approved for the failed project to the Central Deck and Arena project in the city of Tampere in southern Finland. Tampere is the most…

Chinese lottery company Melcolot is likely to receive a casino operating licence from the Georgian government in the next few months. The company, which counts Melco Entertainment Chairman Lawrence Ho on its board, wants to develop a casino in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi. Georgian Deputy Economic Minister Ketevan Bochorishvili said that Melcolot would probably…

Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has given the green light for a casino at the Phu Quoc island district in the southern province of Kiên Giang. The casino will have a limit of 400 tables and 2,000 slots and will be part of a larger tourism and entertainment complex with conference centers and an…

South Korea is to issue two more licences for foreigner-only casino resorts as it looks to bring in an extra 5,000 new hotel rooms and boost tourism investment by around US$3.25bn. The government said it will lift restrictions placed on integrated resorts, which currently limit foreign ownership in such projects to 51 per cent. Park…

The Macau government does not want any casino licences issued to new operators when the chance arises in six years. Francis Tam Pak Yuen, Secretary for Economy and Finance, said there ‘should be no increase’ in the number of gaming concessionaires, which is set at six, following the expiry of the current permits in 2020…

A team of businessmen in Preston are working with the National Casino Industry Forum (NCiF) as they bid to win a landmark casino licence for the Lancashire town. Led by Edgar Wallace, owner of the former Fives bar building in Guild Hall Street, the group is supporting a motion going through the Houses of Commons…