Month: July 2024

An executive who served as president and CEO of Paradise Sega Sammy Co., Ltd., a venture company that operates Paradise City Casino Resort (pictured) in Incheon, has been appointed as co-CEO of Paradise Co., Ltd., a casino operator exclusively for foreigners in Korea. According to the data submitted to the Korea Exchange, the appointment of…

There was a truck protest by basketball fans criticizing Lee Dae-sung (34). According to News 1, a truck appeared in front of the KBL Center in Gangnam-gu, Seoul on the morning of the 24th with the phrase “Lee Dae-sung and Samsung, who mock Korean basketball and basketball fans, reflect.” Truck protests usually target the team’s…

The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) announced on Friday that it will send Samsung Lions right-handed pitcher Kim Sung-kyung (24) and infielder Lee…

The World Darts Championships will be held at the Songdo Convensia in Incheon for two days from the 20th. According to the Korea Darts Association on Friday….

The Argentina national soccer team, led by the “God of Soccer” Lionel Messi (Inter Miami), won its second consecutive Copa America title and 16th overall…

South Korea’s Seung-Yeol Noh, 33, earned his first top-10 finish in a PGA Tour event in nearly seven years. The South Korean carded nine birdies and two…

Macau’s casino gross gaming revenue (GGR) fell 4.9% month-on-month to $15.85 billion ($2.3 billion) in April, according to data released on Wednesday by Macau’s Bureau of Game Inspection and Coordination. Results are up 26.0% compared to April 2023. The daily GGR utilization rate for April was “in line with historic seasonality,” according to investment analysts….

Wynn Al Marjan Island, a casino resort project in the United Arab Emirates involving Wynn Resorts Ltd., will “open to the public in early 2027,” it said in a news release on Monday. “The full tower height of over 300 meters is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2025,” the company said….

Kangwon Land, the operator of Kangwon Land (pictured), whose only casino in the country is open to locals, posted net profit of 92.9 billion won ($68.1 million) in the first quarter, down 8.5 percent from a year earlier. However, judging sequentially, net profit in the first quarter of 2024 was up 26.0 percent from 73.7…

Shearer, who has the most goals scored in the Premier League’s 260-goal record, has selected the best player for the 2023-24 season through the BBC program, a public broadcaster in the U.K. on Monday (Korea time). After including Erling Holland (Manchester City) and Mohamed Salah (Riverpool) as the front-line strikers, he pondered a spot, saying,…