Pep Guardiola is expected to leave Manchester City at the end of this season. “The 2024-25 season will be Guardiola’s last at City,” the Daily Mail reported on Sunday (June 27). Guardiola and the club have been in talks over the past few months about parting ways,” the newspaper reported. Guardiola is considered one of…
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“Sign me” niche courtship for LAD ‘shocking 5-game losing streak’ pitcher
‘Nerdy pitcher’ Trevor Bauer, 33, is determined to return to Major League Baseball (MLB). He’s saying “use me” amid his former team’s losing streak. “Bauer has sent a message to the Los Angeles Dodgers, who have lost five straight games,” Japanese media outlet Tokyo Sports reported on Sunday. The Dodgers lost 1-4 against the Cincinnati…
Asia Australia Games sales rise Q1 revenue growth
Casino equipment and online gaming provider Light & Wonder Inc L&W reported first-quarter revenue of $756 million, up 12.8% year-over-year. Its latest quarter revenue fell 1.8% sequentially, according to a press release Wednesday. The company said revenue growth was driven by “double-digit sustained revenue growth” across all of its businesses, which led to strong revenue…
Galaxy 1Q EBITDA up 49pct y-o-y at US$363mln, flat q-o-q
Macao casino operator Galaxy Entertainment Group saw its public market gross gaming revenue (GGR) decline slightly in the three months to March 31, but VIP GGR rose nearly 43% sequentially, albeit on a much lower basis than pre-pandemic trading. The company reported adjusted first-quarter earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortization of nearly HK$2.84 billion…
Women’s Volleyball Cuts VNL 30 Continues
The Korean women’s volleyball team broke its long 30-game losing streak in the VNL (Volleyball Nations League). Korea (world No. 42) defeated Thailand (world No. 13) with a set score of 3-1 (25-19 23-25 25-16 25-17) in Game 4 of the first week of the 2024 VNL in Brazil on Tuesday. It is the first…
Sports betting China September lottery sales up 13 pct
Sales of official lottery products in mainland China rose 13.3% year-on-year to about 41.84 billion yuan ($6.03 billion) in September, official data from China’s finance ministry showed. The growth recorded last month was supported by 24.02 billion yuan in sports lottery sales, which rose 24.3% year-on-year. Welfare lottery sales totaled 17.83 billion yuan in September,…
Casino tax hike to hit GEN Malaysia
The announcement of the Malaysian budget on Friday gave the Malaysian gaming industry a negative surprise as casinos and slot factories were not spared tax rises. According to the government’s budget, casino license fees will be raised from $128.8 million to $150 million annually, while casino tariff rates will be raised from 25% to 35%…
Takchun seeks to build overseas VIP gaming empires
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…
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…