The Trump Organization Has Been Granted Trademarks in Macau, China’s Casino Hub
A company linked to U.S. President Donald Trump has been granted approval from the Chinese territory of Macau for additional trademarks, including casino services, to develop the “Trump” brand in the world’s biggest gambling center.
China Jails Workers from Crown Resorts of Australia in Message to Casinos
A court in Shanghai on Monday sentenced three Australian employees of Crown Resorts to less than a year in prison each for illegally promoting gambling in China. Including the time they have already spent in prison, all three should be released...
U.S. Investigates Work at Pacific Island Casino Project with Trump Ties
Officials say contractors illegally hired Chinese workers in Saipan, part of an American commonwealth, to build a casino overseen by a former Trump protégé.
Crown’s Luck Runs Out as China Widens Casino Crackdown
Foreign companies face inherent risks in attracting high-rollers from China, where gambling is illegal
China’s Xi Jinping Changes the Odds in Macau
If there’s one skill that the U.S. gambling moguls who staked their futures here have mastered it’s calculating the odds.
China Feared CIA Worked with Sheldon Adelson's Casinos to Bust Officials
China fears that casinos owned by Sheldon Adelson were used by the CIA to blackmail Chinese officials.
Macau Sex Ring Bust Shows China Expanding Crackdown on Graft
Police in the former Portuguese colony arrested Alan Ho, handcuffing him and covering his head with a black hood, for allegedly operating a prostitution ring out of the casino complex of his uncle, Stanley Ho.
A Border City on the Edge of the Law
Mongla in Myanmar is best known among Chinese tourists for its casinos and large selection of rare and endangered animals.
Training Future Macau Casino Bosses
Macau opened its doors to major U.S. investors like Sands and Wynn Resorts when it liberalized its casino industry in 2002. It now has at least 35 casinos employing more than 81,000 staff, mostly expatriates.
Scrutiny for Casino Mogul’s Frontman in China
When Sheldon Adelson, the casino magnate, needed something done in China, he often turned to his company’s “chief Beijing representative,” a mysterious businessman named Yang Saixin. Mr. Yang arranged meetings for Mr. Adelson with senior Chinese...
Sheldon Adelson and Macau
Nearly forty years ago, S. J. Perelman described a fictional Hong Kong hotel he called the “Golden Bamboozle,” a reference not only to a bed chamber that cost a “prince’s ransom,” but to a city that was a magnet for bon vivants and grifters and...