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.
Macau’s casino industry continued to decline in 2015 due to the anti-corruption crackdown and gross gaming revenues plummeted for a second year in a row for all of the major operators, including Sands China Ltd...
Macau’s Jimei Casino wanted to implement a new marketing strategy to boost its revenues in 2016 by launching an exclusive VIP slot room that would cater to high rollers and enlist the services of junket operato...
According to the numbers released by the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau, the gross gaming revenue in Macau dropped 21.4% in January year on year to 18.67 billion patacas or $2.33 billion. The numbers...
Macau’s casino industry has been in decline for the last 24 months due to the significant decline of VIP gamblers who have preferred not to visit Macau due to the anti-corruption crackdown launched by Beijing. ...
In order to finance its new integrated resort, the Lisboa Palace at the Cotai Strip on the island of Macau, SJM Holdings Ltd (0880.HK), the holding company of Sociedade de Jogos de Macau S.A. ("SJM"), is negoti...
Since January 2015, the number of VIP junkets in Macau has decreased to 141 from 183, according to data from the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau. No explanation was given for the drop in numbers.
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MGM Resorts International, the biggest casino enterprise on the Las Vegas strip has invested heavily into its subsidiary MGM China Holdings Ltd to expand its operations in Macau, the biggest gambling hub in the...
Macau’s gambling industry continued to decline in 2015 due to the anti-corruption crackdown launched by Beijing to weed out money laundering, racketeering and other forms of criminal activity. Macau’s Judiciary...
Non-management staff will be paid a special bonus, equivalent to one month’s salary, by Macau casino operator MGM China Holdings Limited. The first of the bonus’ two installments will be paid at the end of this...
On Thursday January 21, Synectics plc (AIM: SNX), designer and management of advanced surveillance technology and networked security systems, announced a “multi-million pound” contract had been awarded to its r...
Macau’s anti-corruption crackdown against VIP gamblers from Mainland China has been going on for the last 24 months and has resulted in stricter visa regulations to tourists from Mainland China. In 2015, the go...
Macau’s casinos have been the target of an anti-corruption government crackdown for the last 24 months, but Steve Vickers and Associates Ltd now warns that the biggest gambling hub in the world is an ‘attractiv...
Macau’s junket operators have not been given a lot of attention by the media during 2014 and 2015, as the losses incurred by Macau’s casinos has been the focus of most discussions. However, Macau’s junket opera...
Paulo Martins Chan, Macau’s Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau new director, revealed that the regulatory refused to renew a total of 35 junket operator licences because the companies failed to submit ne...
Hong Kong based brokerage Sanford C. Bernstein published a note claiming that approximately 52% of Macau’s December casino gross gaming revenue comes from mass market gambling. These numbers, according to the f...