While Macau has been the world's biggest gambling revenue generator for a decade, there is no such thing as status quo or a new normal there. Multi-billion dollar resorts are opening with as few as 100 gaming tables and the licenses of all six concessionaires are set to expire between 2020 and 2022 with no clear guidance from the government as to what will happen next. World Casino News covers Macau with nearly 700 articles on the mecca to date.
Follow this section to learn of breaking developments in Japan, as the final regulations will determine whether the island country will become the next Macau or simply another nation with gambling. Follow along as the titans battle it out for a position in the Land of the Rising Sun.
Vietnam has finally decided to let their citizens play at home and huge integrated resorts are being built there. Singapore and Malaysia are home to massive casino complexes and countries such as Thailand, Cambodia, and the Asian areas of Russia generate casino news on a regular basis. Follow it all on World Casino News.
In Macau, this year’s edition of the ‘Golden Week’ public holiday as well as the subsequent opening of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge reportedly helped the city to record a 9.2% increase year-on-year in Octo...
In Macau, government officials have reportedly announced that they expect to collect some $11.28 billion in direct taxes from gaming next year in order to take the city’s fiscal surplus for the twelve-month per...
The Sands China Limited subsidiary of American casino giant, Las Vegas Sands Corporation, has reportedly announced that it has agreed an unsecured revolving credit facility with a syndicate of lenders worth som...
Officials in Vietnam’s capital of Hanoi have reportedly approved a plan that is to see a $500 million multi-purpose entertainment facility complete with a horseracing track constructed in the city’s northern So...
In Macau, casino workers reportedly joined a protest yesterday over a government plan that would alter the city’s Labour Relations Law in order to give private sector firms the right to ask their employees to w...
Japanese pachinko, slot and arcade games manufacturer, Universal Entertainment Corporation, has reportedly announced that October saw its Okada Manila integrated casino resort amass earnings before interest, ta...
In the Philippines, President Rodrigo Duterte (pictured) has reportedly declared that he does not need to issue an executive order so as to maintain his casino prohibition for the small island of Boracay.
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In Macau, the Court of Second Instance has reportedly ruled that the local subsidiary of Wynn Resorts Limited should be jointly liable for a chip deposit worth approximately $765,970 that was stolen from a junk...
Two-day conference program adds Asia eSports Forum
The second annual Asia Gaming Summit Taiwan kicked off Tuesday with a chance for attendees to acquire deeper knowledge of the booming Asian gaming business. L...
American casino giant Wynn Resorts Limited has reportedly announced plans that will see it add a further 1,371 rooms to its Wynn Palace Cotai integrated casino resort in Macau via the construction of a pair of ...
Award-winning developer and provider of land-based and online gaming solutions, BetConstruct, has enhanced its sports betting platform having agreed a content deal with leading supplier of virtual games and gam...
In Macau, Economy and Finance Secretary Lionel Leong Vai Tac (pictured) has reportedly declared that he expects this year’s aggregated gross gaming revenues from the over 30 casinos in the city to be higher tha...
Asia-focused distributor of online random number generator (RNG) games, QTech Games, has agreed a deal that will see it integrate UK-based Revolver Gaming's entire portfolio of innovative and high-quality gambl...
In the Philippines, a Chinese conglomerate has reportedly signed an agreement that is to see it spend at least $100 million in order to bring a new integrated casino resort to northern Luzon’s Cagayan Special E...
Japanese pachinko operator Sega Sammy Holdings Incorporated has reportedly announced that the first half of next year will see it inaugurate the Wonderbox indoor family entertainment venue at its Paradise City ...