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Gaming Market Advisors Acquires Galaviz & Company, Enhancing Global Footprint and Service Offerings

GGR Asia

LAS VEGAS – Gaming Market Advisors (GMA), a leading provider of economic feasibility reports and marketing strategies to the casino gaming industry, annouced today at G2E Asia the acquisition of Galaviz & Company.  The acquisition positions GMA with a stronger foothold to support clients in Asia and to increase its consulting presence to associated tourism industries such as airlines and hospitality.

Gaming Market Advisors Acquires Galaviz & Company

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Time of Sands

page0001_s Ten years ago, Sands Macao’s opening change the course of Macau and global gaming history

By Muhammad Cohen

Inside Asian Gaming

As Sands Macao employees began arriving for work around 7 a.m. on Tuesday, 18th May 2004, a crowd was already forming on the street, nine hours before the casino’s scheduled grand opening.  Around noon, a rumor spread that guests would receive free chips worth MOP200 (US$25), swelling the crowd.  Just before 2 p.m., during a reception for invited guests, security began “freaking out,” according to an executive of Las Vegas Sands Corp. send from Las Vegas for the opening.

Time of Sands

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Group Led by Lawrence Ho to Raise Stake in Russian Casino Project

Mogul Looks to Attract Gamblers From Northern China to Vladivostok, Which Is Closer Than Macau

By YVONNE LEE And KATE O’KEEFFE

Wall Street Journal

HONG KONG—A consortium backed by Lawrence Ho agreed to raise its stake in a casino project on the outskirts of Vladivostok to 85%, as the gambling mogul expands his empire beyond Macau and into far eastern Russia, where operators hope to attract players from northern China. Consortium Led by Macau Mogul to Raise Stake in Russian Casino

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