Australian gambling and entertainment giant “The Star Entertainment Group Ltd” has confirmed that it has signed a 20-year arrangement that will enable The Star Sydney Hotel & Casino to pay a flat 29 percent tax on all revenues from its mass-market gaming tables for the next twenty years.

Air New Zealand had earlier announced employee lay-offs and lower pay for those who would stay on job. However, the management has now shocked employees with the news of 2,000 more layoffs.

Stanley Ho, the godfather of Macau gambling who transformed the island from a remote place into the “Las Vegas of Asia,” passed away at age of 98.

Amid soaring tensions between the leaders of the United States and China due to trade war and COVID-19 pandemic, casino industry experts have warned that worsening relations between the two superpowers could severely hurt the entertainment and gaming business in Las Vegas.

As casinos and other gaming venues are itching to reopen after the prolonged corona virus-induced shutdown, the Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB) is forcing them to submit their reopening plans before resuming operations.

Regardless of corona virus-induced harsh economic downturn, Star Entertainment Group has announced a massive fund to achieve its goal of building Queen’s Wharf casino resort in Brisbane.