‘Integrated resorts’ Archives
Local businessman loses $26m at RWS casino over 3 days
Local businessman loses $26m at RWS casino over 3 days 05:55 AM Aug 18, 2010 by Conrad Raj Today Exclusive SINGAPORE - In what is said to be one of the biggest losses yet at a Singapore casino, a local businessman lost $26.3 million over [...]
Singapore’s gamble (The Economist)
The city-state’s new casino cost a fortune but looks well-timed May 4th 2010 | From The Economist online WITH its three high-rise towers topped by a sweeping open-air SkyPark, the Marina Bay Sands casino, which opened on April 27th, is a [...]
Man wins $1.66m at Resorts World (Asiaone 25 Apr)
By Desmond Ng SOME guys have all the luck, as singer Rod Stewart would say. And one such lucky guy managed to overcome the house odds and walked away with a cool $1.66 million from Resorts World Sentosa (RWS). The French tourist struck the mega [...]
Singapore’s Gaming Gamble (Asia Sentinel 29 Mar)
Singapore's Gaming Gamble Written by Ben Bland Monday, 29 March 2010 Super-casinos open in the island republicAnxious to boost revenues in a time of economic uncertainty, the Singapore government legalized gambling. It sold lucrative [...]
Goldman Sachs thinks unwashed construction workers capping RWS casino takings (Temasek Hedge)
Goldman Sachs thinks unwashed construction workers capping RWS casino takings March 26, 2010 · Leave a Comment An interesting take from the latest Goldman Sachs report on RWS, the gist of which is that: the unwashed masses of foreign [...]
Youtube: Al Jazeera holds debate on Singapore’s Casinos (11 Mar)
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-F-HZ3be7w&feature=player_embedded#
Las Vegas Sands Aims To Refinance $5 Billion Debt (Bloomberg 24 Feb)
By Beth Jinks and Emre Peker Feb. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Las Vegas Sands Corp. will seek to refinance about $5 billion of U.S. loans this year after opening its Singapore casino resort, Chief Operating Officer Michael Leven said. The Las [...]
Gambler from China wins $1.5 mil in Resorts World Sentosa (The Star 22 Feb)
Monday February 22, 2010 Gambler from China wins RM3.6mil in a day SINGAPORE’s first casino, Resorts World at Sentosa has attracted numerous millionaires from China and one of them is said to have won more than S$1.5mil (RM3.6mil) in a [...]
Genting Singapore Falls Amid Concern Over Visitors (Bloomberg 19 Feb)
Genting Singapore Falls Amid Concern Over Visitors (Update1) February 19, 2010, 04:29 AM EST By Jonathan Burgos Feb. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Genting Singapore Plc, owner of Singapore’s first casino, fell for a fourth day amid concern the venture [...]
Casino flooded by foreign workers (Asiaone 19 Feb)
Casino flooded by foreign workers They enter the casino for free to use the facilities and drink free beverages, but do not play. -AsiaOne Fri, Feb 19, 2010 AsiaOne Photos: » Queuing up at Resorts World Sentosa BARELY opened for [...]
Thriving poker dens not worried about casinos (My Paper 17 Feb)
Thriving poker dens not worried about casinos More private properties are being rented to host home poker games, which can be illegal. -myp Wed, Feb 17, 2010 my paper OPERATORS of underground poker groups in private houses here are not [...]
