{"id":393481,"date":"2023-06-09T06:06:41","date_gmt":"2023-06-08T20:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=393481"},"modified":"2023-06-09T06:06:41","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T20:06:41","slug":"fifth-auction-of-ipi-gaming-equipment-this-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/fifth-auction-of-ipi-gaming-equipment-this-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"Fifth auction of IPI gaming equipment this Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Casino-pix-W-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-393510\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Casino-pix-W-1-1024x531.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"498\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Reprinted with permission<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A fifth auction for gaming equipment owned by troubled Saipan casino operator Imperial Pacific International (IPI) will be held this Friday 9 June, according to limited receivers Clear Management.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with<em>\u00a0Inside Asian Gaming<\/em>, Clear Management\u2019s director of Operations Danny Ewing said inventory available this week includes Aristocrat\u2019s Helix cabinets and game\u00a0cards for Wide Screen Viridians, among other assets. However, he also noted that the complexity of establishing the inventory of remaining gaming assets was the reason for the larger space between auctions, with the\u00a0previous having been held on March 10. A sixth is currently scheduled for September.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThroughout the exercise we have had to make do with a small portable generator to provide light and power to conduct the inventory and test and check the gaming equipment,\u201d Ewing explained. \u201cIt\u2019s been an arduous task.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIPI also only allows\u00a0us access for limited hours. At first, we could bring out boxes of gaming utilities that had never\u00a0been used and simple items such as gaming chairs and tables without\u00a0too much trouble. Now what is left is harder to access and move.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, Ewing said there is still \u201ctremendous interest from around the world in the auction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have smoothed out the court\u2019s approval process and the shippers on Saipan understand how the bidders want to work now, so it\u2019s pretty efficient,\u201d he said. \u201cIt is also tax free for goods leaving Saipan under the auction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Interested parties can view available inventory for this week\u2019s auction at\u00a0www.gamingequipmentauction.com.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Originally posted on the Inside Asian Gaming website at <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asgam.com\/index.php\/2023\/06\/07\/fifth-auction-of-imperial-pacific-gaming-equipment-to-take-place-this-friday\/\">https:\/\/www.asgam.com\/index.php\/2023\/06\/07\/fifth-auction-of-imperial-pacific-gaming-equipment-to-take-place-this-friday\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reprinted with permission A fifth auction for gaming equipment owned by troubled Saipan casino operator&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":393511,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[12497],"class_list":["post-393481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-ipi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=393481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393481\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/393511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=393481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=393481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=393481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}