Described as a pioneer in iGaming analysis, Blask has launched an artificial intelligence (AI) based platform with analysis tools specific to the field. "This state-of-the-art solution has given iGaming operators, affiliates, and platform providers incomparable clarity about their marketplace and performance within it, revolutionizing how they approach brand marketing and other GGR [Total Game...

SAIPAN (File Photo) U.S.-controlled casino suspension investor Imperial Pacific International Holdings Inc's Hong Kong listing will stop on June 17 at 9:00 a.m. The delisting was confirmed Tuesday in a filing under the names of Imperial Pacific's official payee and interim liquidator. Trading in Hong Kong for Imperial Pacific shares has been suspended since April 1, 2022. In April, the Hong...

Casino technology and content provider IDX Games Ltd introduced an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot called "IDX X-AI Bot" that can automate casino gameplay data analysis and provide actionable insights into its operations to venue managers in real time. "This is based on the use of large language models to enable us to analyze data about casinos," Peter Wong, chief executive and technical...

Macau welcomed nearly 93,000 visitors on Tuesday (Dec. 26), receiving about 455,500 visitors in the four-day period from Dec. 23 (Sat) to Tuesday, or about 113,900 visitors a day. The city had more than 362,600 visitors from Dec. 23-25, according to previously published data. The period, which is related to the Christmas season, is not a public holiday in mainland China, which is the main...

If Japan's Nagasaki Prefecture (pictured) decides to re-apply the right to host an integrated resort (IR) with casinos to national authorities, it will face a "pretty high level" of "huddle." The comments were made at the current General Affairs Committee meeting on Wednesday as local authorities confirmed they would not file an administrative appeal against the decision to "disapprove" the...

Incentive Games, in collaboration with bet365, announced the release of new games, "Euro Final Group Stage Predictor" and "Copa Final Group Stage Predictor". Both new releases are set to be free to play and were released just before each tournament officially began in the coming weeks. The games allow players to predict the outcome of a match based on wins and losses - they can also be edited...

Sports betting and iGaming platform BK8 has signed a deal with the Badminton World Federation (BWF) to become the official sponsor of the HSBC BWF World Tour Finals 2024 in Hangzhou in December. The BWF World Tour is a badminton competition that is open to the top ranked players in men's and women's singles and mixed doubles. When the BWF World Tour Circuit ends, the top eight athletes/pairs...

A commentator on Wednesday's gaming management panel said the announcement of a cut in licensing fees for betting platforms in the Philippines was a step in the "right direction," but more was needed to stamp out illegal online operations in the Philippines. "Parkor is heading in the right direction by cutting rates, which is a welcome change compared to what we were used to about five years...

Business trends in the Macau gaming sector in April ahead of the Labor Day break suggested Citigroup was "looking resilient" in a recent note. "Given the timing of this year's Labor Day holiday, I wouldn't be surprised if Macau's gaming gross revenue (GGR) was generated by less premium mass players this month," analysts George Choi and Ryan Cheng wrote, following the agency's latest field...

The Philippines welcomed fewer than 2 million foreign tourists in the first four months of 2024, up 16.8% year-on-year, according to data released by the Philippine Tourism Ministry on Tuesday. South Korea has the most visitors in the Philippines with a total of 571,384 arrivals from January to April, accounting for 27.1% of the total. The figure is up 24.4% year-on-year. The second largest...