Month: November 2024

Kim Seo-hyun wears two words on her national team cap

Kim Seo-hyun wears two words on her national team cap and has been impressive in every game of the Premier12 group stage. The right-hander pitched 1 1/3 innings of scoreless, hitless relief in South Korea’s 9-6 come-from-behind victory over the Dominican Republic in the fourth game of their 2024 WBSC Premier12 Group B opener at […]

SOFTSWISS Casino Platform launches Tournament Service

SOFTSWISS, an international supplier to the iGaming industry, says its Casino Platform product has introduced a “Tournament Service”, which the company termed “an upgraded version” of its Tournaments tool. “This update enhances the flexibility and reliability of the previous edition, reinforcing its role in player engagement,” stated the company in a press release. According to the announcement, the primary goal of the Tournament […]

Paradise Co’s 3Q net income down 55pct y-o-y

Third-quarter net income at Paradise Co Ltd, an operator of foreigner-only casinos in South Korea, dipped 55 percent year-on-year to KRW19.66 billion (US$14.20 million), while group-wide casino sales registered a 27.1-percent year-on-year decline. That is according to a Friday filing to the Korea Exchange, and the company’s supplementary materials on its performance for the three […]

AFLW finals: Hawthorn’s revamped midfield holds key to Brisbane upset

Hawthorn made no secret of its plans to style itself on the reigning premiers after making a move for Brisbane assistant Daniel Webster at the end of 2023. When the 10-1 Hawks host the Lions at Ikon Park in Sunday’s qualifying final, it will be clearer whether they are still chasing after their idols, or […]

TransAct 3Q sales fall, loss widens sequentially

TransAct Technologies Inc, a supplier of slot machine printers, casino-player management software and food-safety management technology, reported third-quarter net sales of just under US$10.9 million, down 36.8 percent from a year earlier. Judged sequentially, revenue declined by 6.3 percent, according to a Thursday press release. The decline in sales was “largely a result of the […]

FBM to expand U.S. footprint via Delta Gaming partnership

FBM, a supplier of electronic gaming machines including casino slots, says its “expansion journey” in the United States continues with a new agreement signed with Delta Gaming Solutions, a distributor of electronic gaming devices in the state of Oklahoma. “This deal will allow FBM to accelerate the introduction of its gaming product lines across Oklahoma, […]

Weak China demand to dim GEN Singapore to 2025 brokers

Factors including gambler bad debts and weakness in demand from mainland China players were in likelihood factors in the weak third-quarter performance of Genting Singapore Ltd, said a number of brokerages. They added it might be only into 2025 before the earnings outlook improves, as new non-gaming facilities come into operation at the company’s Resorts World Sentosa […]

3Q Macau gaming worker median monthly pay US$2,623

The median monthly employment earnings of people classified by the Macau goverment as gaming industry workers, amounted to MOP21,000 (nearly US$2,623) in the third quarter, unchanged sequentially but up by 2.43 percent from MOP20,500 in the prior-year quarter. That is according to the latest employment survey published by the city’s Statistics and Census Service. Gaming […]