World Casino News covers Macau. The world's richest gambling center generates important news on a daily basis and we give it due coverage. We let you know when the moguls who compete for empire there make a move and we follow their finances through boom times and declines as the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DJIC) reshapes the mecca from strictly a gambling center into a family playground for the world with mandated integrated resort amenities.
We let you know about casino project updates, openings, and closings as well as economy and finance, top brass career changes, and licensing issues to name a few of the topics covered. World Casino News works in harmony with the World Casino Directory so the Macau information you find there is always up to date and accurate. The directory profiles every casino in Macau from the baccarat tables to the hotels and amenities right down to the price range of dining. Our readers can explore the former Portuguese enclave from the comfort of their homes, or plan a trip and book their rooms.
Sports lottery and land-based casino operator Success Universe Group Limited has issued a profit warning to investors advising that its consolidated loss for 2016 could have increased by as much as three-fold y...
In Macau, the opening date for the giant MGM Cotai has reportedly been pushed back for a third time with operator MGM China Holdings Limited now not expecting to welcome guests to the $3.1 billion hotel and cas...
In Macau, Wynn Macau Limited and Sands China Limited have each reportedly been granted permission to operate 25 new live-dealer gaming tables after applying for authorization under the provisions of a governmen...
The Macau Government Tourism Office held an annual press conference this week, which resulted in statistics provided, including the fact that 2016 was a record year for tourists to the area. For 2016, Macau saw...
After suffering through 26 months of decline, the previous five months have seen the casino market in Macau post improvements in aggregated gross gambling revenues and this has reportedly helped some of the fig...
Beginning in March, travelers in Taichung will have direct access to Macau thanks to a new route provided by Tigerair Taiwan. The budget carrier, a subsidiary of China Airlines of Taiwan, announced yesterday th...
Beijing Imperial Palace hotel in Taipa was closed in July 2016 due to uncorrected health and safety violations after several attempts by the Macau Tourism Office to encourage repairs. Last week the hotel lost i...
A new survey has indicated that gambling remains the main reason most mainland Chinese tourists visit Macau although non-gaming activities are increasingly becoming an important draw factor.
According to the...
Global Gaming Expo Asia (G2E Asia) held a press conference on Tuesday at the luxurious Banyan Tree Macau to announce the focus of the exhibition and conference to be held May 16-18, 2017, at the Venetian Macao....
In Macau, a local gaming expert has reportedly recommended that the government should consider lowering the tax rate on VIP gaming revenues in order to ensure that the city’s casino industry remains competitive...
In Macau, about 200 casino workers reportedly held a demonstration on Monday calling for a 5% pay rise and legislation that would allow trade unions to call strikes and better represent their members.
Accord...
Macau’s casino industry went through a major slump resulting in 26 consecutive months of gross gaming revenue (GGR) decline which ended in August 2016. The industry since then has shown signs of recovery as GGR...
The authorities in China arrested 17 Crown Resort employees in October 2016 on alleged gambling related crimes and caused major casino operators in the region to immediately pull out their staff and cease all m...
December marked the fifth month in a row that Macau's gambling economy showed year-on-year increases, but the first seven months of the year still tanked the annual numbers making 2016 the third consecutive yea...
The government of Macau has reportedly revealed that it raked in $9.11 billion from gambling taxes over the first eleven months of 2016 with the amount accounting for some 77.8% of all revenues.
According to...