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Genting Berhad wants RM1.25 billion, approximately $306 million, from shareholders to pay down borrowings that have climbed to RM45.25 billion. The Lim family has committed its 45% share; the rest is not yet underwritten, and Maybank Investment Bank says this may not be the last call on investors.

The Åland operator behind mycasino.ch will give Meta licence documents and website addresses so Facebook and Instagram can tell Swiss licensees from offshore operators and their affiliates. Meta has said nothing publicly, and the pilot comes a week after Dutch operators took the platform to court.

Immigration officers, the National Bureau of Investigation and the army raided two sites in Zamboanga Sibugay on 2 October and found some 3,000 mobile phones. The Bureau of Immigration calls it this year's biggest offshore gaming bust, which says as much about the ban as about the raid.

S&P Global has published a credit FAQ warning that Genting Bhd may not be able to defend its investment-grade rating while pursuing $10.5 billion of expansion in New York and Singapore. Fitch cut the group to the same rung on Monday. It now sits one notch above speculative grade with a negative outlook and, in S&P's words, no more buffer.

The communications minister said there should be an annual award for the platform that commits the most sins against Malaysians, and named Facebook. The number that matters is not 78. It is 30, the minutes his regulator spends on each of 470,593 takedown requests.

Genting Bhd’s ongoing takeover attempt for its subsidiary, Genting Malaysia Bhd, has come under further scrutiny, with an independent adviser labelling the

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, has publicly challenged new social media license requirements in Malaysia. The company warns

This week felt like a tale of two industries. In one, we saw colossal, forward-looking investments designed to conquer the next frontier. In the other, we saw

The government of Malaysia has issued a sharp public rebuke to Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, accusing the tech giant of an

The financial outlook for global casino giant Genting Group remains "under pressure," according to a new report from credit analysis firm CreditSights.

The relentless global ascent of online gambling has, in recent years, cast a long shadow over traditional land-based casinos. By 2022, brick-and-mortar gaming

Malaysia has seen a dramatic increase in electricity theft over the past six years, with reported cases soaring by 300% between 2018 and the end of 2024.