Tiger Resort Asia (TRAL) has retaken control of Okada Manila, as stated by its parent company Universal Entertainment.
The casino had been in the hands of Kazuo Okada, an ex-Board member of Tiger Resort Leisure & Entertainment (TRLEI), who was removed years ago after claims that he was involved in money laundering and embezzlement.
However, after receiving a Status Quo Anter Order (SQAO) from the Philippine Supreme Court stating he should be reinstated, Okada stormed the Okada Manila and removed the existing TRLEI board members from the property.
Okada has held the casino since spring, but now it has been reclaimed after members of TRLEI’s parent company TRAL – itself owned by Universal Entertainment – posed as casino workers and took control of the casino on Friday 2 September 2022.