COVER STORY - The Philippines fights back

IN FOCUS - Macau’s entertainment dilemma

The Japanese Integrated Resort, Part 3:

Spotlight on Japan

Yet another tradeshow?

Asia’s final fantasy

Lex Mundi lays down the law

The rise of Indochina Part 1: Cambodia

Changing the game

Miguel Choi: Home grown

How about that hamburger for Kim Jong-un?

G2E Asia broadens its horizons

16 Kazuo Okada speaks out
26 Is Macau gambling with its responsibility?
32 Law and order
38 Cambodia rising
44 Shaping Cambodia
50 Spintec going big at MGS

16 Slow ride
24 Let the games begin
32 Japan IR legislation: What’s next?
38 Deep space
42 Thriller in Manila
46 Viva Las Vegas

18 Australian VIP: A new dawn
24 Waiting for Garapan
30 How casino re-tendering will shape Macau’s future
34 Making live online gaming a reality
38 The recipe for customer experience excellence
42 Smart money
46 Matthew Righton: Spirit of adventure

16 Moving ahead
24 “This is not a drill...”
28 Five signs that your organizational culture is toxic to customer experience
34 Height of luxury
40 The Supreme Court changes everything
46 Carlos Eduardo Coelho: The passion and the law

16 Tribal ambition: US properties eye Japan 
26 Social gathering 
32 Redefining tourism 
36 Japan IR timeline 
42 G2E Asia Awards: A new night of nights 
44 Lingering clouds: Japan’s great unknown 
48 High and mighty 

18 Macau and Japan: Licensing looms large
28 Pachinko: Japan’s unlucky loser
34 Responsible gaming in Japan
40 Safety first
46 Japan rising
52 The ethics of suitability
58 Asian ambition
64 Social security
68 Bigger and better
72 An awards night to remember
76 Scientific Games: Link to good fortune
78 Aristocrat: Enter the dragon
80 Betsoft: Beyond the reels
82 Asian content key for IGT
84 nanocosmos: Cloud surfing
88 VizExplorer: hi-Viz
90 Abbiati: Chipping up
92 Comtrade: An argument for CRM systems
96 Matsui: Hot chips

14 Indian dreaming: Tiger Palace putting Nepal in the game

22 G2E Asia Awards to debut in 2018

26 Digital danger

34 Gaming development outlook along

40 Hai Ng: Tech magician

46 Cracking the subcontinent

14 MGM “ALL-IN” ON COTAI

22 European vacation

30 Problem solving

36 Gaming and the nine intelligences

40 Spreading the word 

44 iGaming Asia turns 10

48 High and Mighty

14 Design for profit

20 Climbing the mountain

28 Can sportsbooks survive a 1% tax on handle?

34 Herman Ng: Macau Pioneer

38 Ticket to Japan

42 The big gets bigger

46 Cherry on top

14 Enter the Dragon2

22 Strength in numbers

28 Data driven

34 The rise of Chinese

40 Seperation and instability in the EU

44 Aristocrat’s European vacation

46 Mission: Macau

16 The Asian Gaming Power 50

18 Ten years on

24 Meet the panel!

72 Art and eSports: Pansy Ho’s Macau masterplan

78 Lloyd Robson: New horizons

82 The evolution of non-gaming amenities

86 Exploring new horizons

88 Service strategy that works?

90 MGS’ High Five

20 Macau satellite casinos: the more the merrier?

24 NOkada Manila

32 Macau city brand strategy

36 Platform migrations

40 In search of growth strategies

44 Ainsworth reveals new Asian titles

46 Smart City, Smart Show


18 Embracing collaboration

24 Follow the money

28 TGG eyeing new frontiers

32 Family affairs

36 Fool-proofing casino surveillance systems

42 Ashley Fong: Living the life


10 All you need to know about Macau’s recovery

18 Beneath the skin

22 Global ambition

26 Leprosy, Ebola and problem gambling

32 How’s your business model doing?

36 Aruze rolls the dice

40 Trump and the new Asian hegemon

46 Skills on show at G2E


10 Matt Bekier: Shining Star

22 Beating the odds, changing the game

28 View from the top

32 From Uber to Amazon

36 Anson Wong: New beginnings

40 Time for a corporate rethink

44 New era dawns in Sydney

48 All eyes Down Under

Joey Lim: Thinking big

Rules of the Game: Vietnam

China’s mass on the rise

Passage to Asia

The rise of Indochina Part 2: Vietnam

Educating Japan

The Japanese Integrated Resort, Part 5

When was the last time you were coached?

Asian fantasy

COVER STORY - The Philippines fights back

Macau’s entertainment dilemma

The Japanese Integrated Resort, Part 3:

Yet another tradeshow?

Asia’s final fantasy

Lex Mundi lays down the law

The rise of Indochina Part 1: Cambodia

Changing the game

Miguel Choi: Home grown

How about that hamburger for Kim Jong-un?

G2E Asia broadens its horizons

COVER STORY - A Star is reborn

The Japanese Integrated Resort, Part 2

Society’s goldfish dilemma

COVER STORY - China's Caribbean beat

INDUSTRY PROFILE - Jim Goodwin: Money man

JAPAN - The Japanese Integrated Resort, Part 1

Saipan: Trouble in Paradise

INDUSTRY PROFILE - Wayne Lio

IN FOCUS - Welcome to the new Macau

Japan rolls the dice

INDUSTRY PROFILE - IGT’s Philip Stormonth

IN FOCUS - Is eSports gaming’s way forward?

Digging for GOLD!

INDUSTRY PROFILE - Tony Payne

GAMBLING AND THE LAW - Games of the future

MGS turns 4!

INDUSTRY PROFILE - Ronald Leung

INSIGHTS - Interblock's John Connelly

Parisiab - Macau's French revelation.

INDUSTRY PROFILE - Jeff Mann

iGAMING BLUE PAGES - US sports betting push..

She’s been profiled in The Wall Street Journal, interviewed by Bloomberg, has graced the cover of Forbes Asia, is one of the world’s richest women, one of the 50 wealthiest individuals in Hong Kong......

Asia’s theme party - Is the theme park trend right for Macau IRs?

Clinton v Trump - The gaming industry’s great unknown.  IAG examines the relationship between the gaming industry and the United States’ presidential hopefuls ahead of the 2016 presidential election in November.

It is really, really important that the government makes it user-friendly and easy. They’ve spent all this money on the bridge but if you take the car, drive across the bridge and then face a line-up and hassles....

The beachfront piece is modeled after the One and Only resort in Dubai.This will open up at the end of this year, call it New Year’s Eve grand opening… The hotel block will continue to be built and will open in the first quarter of 2017.....

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