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...“If you want a drink, go right to the back of the plane and Aaron the flight engineer will show you how to use the kettle,” the pilot helpfully explains....
...Sheldon Adelson, the casino magnate who was the biggest Republican donor in 2012 and who is close to Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, has largely stayed on the sidelines this year....
...To make matters worse, Macau’s colourful casino operators including Studio City’s backers Lawrence Ho and Australian billionaire James Packer as well as US tycoons Steve Wynn and Sheldon Adelson, are in...
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...However, the genre operates in a regulatory grey area, and could be at risk should efforts by casino mogul Sheldon Adelson and others seeking a federal online gambling ban prove successful....
...Aaron Fischer, luxury analyst at CLSA, describes 2014 as “a shocker” for the sector, and expects casino revenues to keep falling at least until the second half of 2015....
...over the future of internet gambling has created a rift among US casino industry titans, pitting advocates of expansion such as Jim Murran, chief executive of MGM Resorts, against billionaire opponents Sheldon...
...“The big dogs in Beijing are coming to Macau and some people don’t like gambling when officials are around,” says CLSA’s Aaron Fischer, who thinks Macau will face a bumpy ride for six months....
...The daily game explosion in the US comes amid fragmented efforts to legalise online gambling which have met heavy resistance from deep-pocketed opponents such as Sheldon Adelson, the casino mogul....
...To Sheldon Adelson, online gambling represents nothing less than a threat to society – “a toxin which all good people ought to resist” – as the chief executive of Las Vegas Sands wrote in Forbes magazine...
...However, Aaron Fischer, head of consumer and gaming research at CLSA in Hong Kong said the impact of the crackdown appeared limited so far....
...Over the past year, the minimum bet for baccarat, the favourite of Chinese gamblers, has increased 50 per cent, according to Aaron Fischer, head of consumer and gaming research at CLSA....
...Aaron Fischer, an analyst with CLSA, says he was surprised a week ago when he walked on to the gaming floor of Melco Crown’s City of Dreams....
...Sands China, the Macau casino operator owned by US billionaire Sheldon Adelson, saw a 52 per cent increase in fourth-quarter net profit as it benefited from an increase in visitors to its newest property...
...Sheldon Adelson, the billionaire chairman of Sands China and Las Vegas Sands, said he remained confident about Macau’s outlook....
...Las Vegas casino mogul Sheldon Adelson was in a buoyant mood on a visit to his new project in Macau three months ago....
...Its two casinos – Sheldon Adelson’s Marina Bay Sands and Genting’s Resorts World Sentosa – had combined revenues of $6bn in 2011, putting the city neck and neck with Las Vegas, which has welcomed gamblers...
...David Donald and Aaron Mehta of the centre contributed to this report...
...Sands China, the Macao casino group controlled by Las Vegas billionaire Sheldon Adelson, has revealed it is being probed by Hong Kong’s securities watchdog for alleged breaches of regulations....
...Wynn Resorts and Sheldon Adelson’s Sands China are major competitors to SJM’s businesses....
...SJM is still trading at a 10 per cent discount to its peers in the gaming industry in Macao because of such concerns, says Aaron Fischer, an analyst at CLSA in Hong Kong....
...CLSA’s Aaron Fischer predicts that the risk of a messy succession battle is priced in....
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