Gaming Company Posts Record Quarter of $5.2M

9 August 2012
The Cambodia Daily
Economy and commerce / Industries / Investment / Tourism
Casino / casinos in Cambodia / EGA / Entertainment Gaming Asia Inc. (EGA) / Gambling / gambling industry / gaming machines / Lawrence Ho / Macau / Melco International Development Limited / NagaWorld Casino / Poipet city / Stanley Ho / Tansour Bokor Highland Resort

Entertainment Gaming Asia Inc. (EGA), which owns a number of casinos in Cambodia, as well as provides gaming machines to other local gambling venues, announced on Tuesday that quarterly revenues from April through June reached a record $5.2 million, up 14 percent compared to the same quarter last year, according to a financial statement. EGA has had a busy year adding hundreds of gaming tables to to the four-star Tansour Bokor Highland Resort in Kampot province, which opened in May, while also launching its own casino in Pailin province the same month and breaking ground on another $7.5 million casino project in Poipet City. … EGA is backed by Macau-based Melco International Development Limited, which is chaired by Lawrence Ho, son of gambling mogul Stanley Ho.