Hong Kong Racing has secured continued broadcast rights on Australia’s Racing.com platform through to the end of the current racing season, though under revised and unspecified terms. The decision came after tense discussions, particularly over the presence of fixed-odds betting promotions during Hong Kong race coverage, a concern raised by the Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC). HKJC’s executive director Richard Cheung confirmed the club’s position: their races will now be aired without promotion of fixed-odds operators like CrownBet.
Philippine online gaming firm DigiPlus Interactive Corp. is set to kick off its first international expansion with the launch of GamePlus, its new platform, in Brazil on September 22, 2025. The move comes as part of a broader strategy to grow beyond Southeast Asia, tapping into what is seen as one of the fastest-growing regulated iGaming markets in Latin America.
Andrew Lo Kai Bong, the chairman, majority shareholder, and executive director of LET Group Holdings and its subsidiary Summit Ascent, has been declared unsuitable by the Hong Kong Stock Exchange to hold directorships or senior management positions in those companies or any of their subsidiaries. This ruling stems from Lo’s attempt in early 2024 to divest the group’s 77.5% stake in the operator of the Russian integrated resort Tigre de Cristal, namely Oriental Regent Ltd, without complying with required governance processes. Regulators, legal advisers, and the Exchange had repeatedly warned that the proposed disposal would breach listing rules, including mandatory shareholder approval, and could lead to suspension of trading in the companies’ shares.
Singapore saw a respectable bounce back in tourism over July and August 2025, as visitor arrivals reached about 3.29 million, up 4.7% compared to the same two months last year. July itself set a high mark, with some 1.68 million visitors, followed by 1.61 million in August. Of those combined visitors, around 76.7% (≈2.50 million) were overnight visitors, which is a modest growth of 2% year-on-year, showing that more people are staying over rather than just doing same-day or transit visits.
Macau’s casino-resorts are considering a fresh frontier in entertainment: turning to virtual performers and digital pop stars to help fill venues and keep the city competitive globally. At a panel during the IAG EXPO in Manila, David Baxley (of Sands China and Marina Bay Sands) noted that it is increasingly difficult to secure headline acts like Jackie Cheung or Bruno Mars on a regular basis—there simply aren’t enough global superstars to go around. The idea is that virtual performers—either digital avatars, resurrected performances via holograms or avatars, or AI-driven pop stars—might offer an alternate route to entertain large audiences consistently.
Author: Janice Chew • Tuesday, 16/09/2025
