Leading Macau gambling junket investor Takchun Group has announced plans to pioneer and expand its new market. Speaking at the “grand opening” of the MGM Kotai Takchun VIP Club, a VIP gaming room at the MGM Kotai Casino Resort in Macau on Monday, Takchun Group Chief Executive Leo Chan said it was part of a…
Month: May 2024
GEN Malaysia sues Disney Fox over theme parks
Casino operator Genting Malaysia Bhd is suing Walt Disney Co, Fox Entertainment Group LLC and some of its affiliates in U.S. courts for more than $1 billion, multiple media reports said. Malaysia insists it has bad faith in the suspended theme park project because it opened at the gaming company’s resort world gifting property near…
Park Ji-hyun to advance to Australian Women’s Basketball
Park Ji-hyun, who signed a contract with Bankstown in the NBL1 League in Australia until August this year, started the match against Hornsby in Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia on the 19th and played 29 minutes, scoring 29 points, six rebounds, five assists, and three steals. Park Ji-hyun succeeded in a come-from-behind two-point fielding that…
6 points alone in 1 minute at the end of the 4th quarter
San Hermann (7-14), which includes Alize, and San Juan (8-7), which includes Sullinger, faced off in the 19th round of the BSN regular league held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on the 20th (Korea time). It was of interest to KBL fans as it was a showdown between players who performed well in KBL. Alize…
This Akmun DB Reinforces Back-up to 1.3 Billion, Kim Si-rae, Kang Sang-jae, and Kim Jong-kyu
Lee Sun-Bano’s backup, which was a weakness in professional basketball’s Wonju DB, was supplemented by veteran guard Kim Si-rae. The goal of the DB, which invested 1.3 billion won in existing big men Kang Sang-jae and Kim Jong-kyu, is to win the championship game. DB announced on Tuesday that it signed a one-year contract with…
Fire bowler reinforcements are coming to Samsung in July
Samsung Lions right-hander Kim Yoon-soo is currently serving in the Korean Armed Forces Sports Unit (Sangju Sangmu) baseball team. He will return to the team after being discharged from the military in July. He will support his team’s starting lineup. Kim was drafted 52 times in the second round of the sixth round in 2018…
S. Korea’s GKL casino sales rise 15 pct in November
Grand Korea Leisure (GKL), a South Korean casino operator, said Friday that it posted solid sales in November. Grand Korea Leisure said its casino sales rose 14.5 percent year-on-year to about 41.58 billion won this month. On a month-over-month basis, casino sales rose 15.2% in November compared with October. The year-on-year increase in casino sales…
Former CEO Kangwon Land sentenced to three years in prison
The former chief executive of Kangwon Land, the only casino operator in South Korea that allowed gambling to locals, has been sentenced to three years in prison for unfair hiring of employees, Yonhap reported. Choi Heung-jip, who is known to have led a state-run company from mid-2011 to early 2014, was found guilty of recruiting…
Why is DOYOUNG only paid that much
The second uncle of KIA’s “Jjin Pan,” who met at his grandmother’s big house on May 8th, asked about Kim Do-young’s annual salary and resented, “My Do-young is so good at baseball, why is his annual salary that only works?” Come to think of it, Kim Do-young, who recorded ’10 homers-10 steals per month’ for…
I gave up broadcasting Ohtani and the hot Japanese archipelago
Darvish started the 2024 Major League Atlanta Braves away match at Truist Park in Atlanta, Georgia on the 20th (Korea time) and pitched well with 99 pitches, two hits, one walk and nine strikeouts in seven innings. Darvish’s appearance on the day was a hot topic of conversation in Japan. That’s why Darvish was set…