Tag Archives: Sydney
Australia – AGE’s move to ICC Sydney makes it biggest gaming show in southern hemisphere
The Australasian Gaming Expo (AGE) will cover 19,000 square meters and boast a whopping 250 exhibitors to celebrate its move to the new ICC Sydney in 2017, making it the biggest gaming show in the southern hemisphere according to its organisers. Alongside the latest slot machines and table games from the world’s leading suppliers, this…
Australia – Lucky win rates protect Star from plummeting VIP play
Australian operator Star Entertainment has reported that its VIP gaming revenue was ‘impacted by the Crown Resorts detentions’ in China as they dropped by 22 per cent in the second half of the year. Rival operator Crown Resorts had 18 of its employees arrested for allegedly promoting gambling junkets in China. Despite the VIP downturn,…
Australia – Crown clears legal challenge to Barangaroo
Australian operator Crown Resorts has cleared what could be the last legal hurdle before it can build its A$2bn VIP Barangaroo casino in Sydney. A community group called Millers Point Fund Incorporated filed legal action against Crown last month, claiming the proposed casino would occupy a site that had previously been reserved for a foreshore…
Australia – IAGR conference to head to Sydney
The International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR) is to hold its 2016 Annual Conference in Sydney, Australia over October 31 to November 3, 2016. The event will explore issues affecting gaming regulators, policymakers and industry executives in gambling markets around the world. The conference will focus on challenges faced by regulators as they seek to…
Australia – The Star to expand to rival Barangaroo’s Chinese appeal
The head to head between Australia’s two biggest casino operators is intensifying once more in Sydney where existing operator Star Entertainment is hoping to build a 200-metre Ritz-Carlton hotel tower casino opposite Crown Resorts’ future Barangaroo resort. Star is playing out the last three years of its exclusive casino licence with the 2019 deadline culminating…
Australia – GLI gains GSA Accreditation in Adelaide and Sydney
Gaming Laboratories International (GLI) Australia was recently granted authorisation to certify gaming equipment under the Gaming Standards Association protocols. The accreditation, granted by NATA, allows GLI Australia’s Adelaide and Sydney laboratories to test and provide certification reports to clients seeking approval of gaming equipment that supports GSA’s G2S, S2S, GAT and Transport standards. GLI’s Senior…
Australia – Crown reveals its hand with Barangaroo blueprint
Crown Resorts used the downtime following its defeat to rival Echo regarding the award of the licence for the A$2bn Queens Wharf casino project to unveil its bold plans for its VIP casino skyscraper at Sydney’s Barangaroo. It has now submitted its blueprint to the NSW Planning Department which include a 271m, 71 storey skyscraper…
Australia – Crown granted Restricted Gaming Licence for Barangaroo
Crown Resorts has been issued a Restricted Gaming Licence by the New South Wales Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority for the Crown Sydney Hotel Resort at Barangaroo South and has also signed a number of further Agreements with the New South Wales Government and ILGA. No poker machines will be permitted at Crown Sydney and…
Canada – Great Canadian renews licences in Halifax and Sydney
Great Canadian Gaming has exercised its renewal option with the Nova Scotia Provincial Lotteries and Casino Corporation to extend its operation of the casinos in Halifax and Sydney, Nova Scotia. Under the terms of the contract option extension, the company will have a minimum of 10 years of term certainty as the casino operator of…
