Nomura expects Nov to see dip in gaming revenues

Nomura, in its latest research report, says that the average daily gaming revenue for the week of November 9–15 rose by 7 percent week-on-week to USD517 million. Assuming that the average daily revenue for the rest of the month stays within the range of USD480–540 million (compared with USD597 million in October), it is estimated that gaming revenue for November will range between USD14.7 billion and USD15.6 billion, down 16–21 percent on a monthly basis, and down by between 31 and 35 percent on a yearly basis.

Lee Chong Wei in action in SeptemberChong Wei makes his way to local badminton open

Thirty-three-year-old Malaysian badminton player Lee Chong Wei will be taking part in the Hong Kong Open Super Series Championship and the Macau Grand Prix Gold Championship, the latter of which starts next week on November 24. Chong Wei, the former world number one, collected the only Super Series title missing from his collection on Sunday after defeating the current world number one, Chen Long. He returned to the court in June this year with his ranking at its lowest point in more than a decade after being suspended for eight months by the Badminton World Federation for failing a drugs test.

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