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.
After launching VIP gambling services for The Plaza Macao and Okada Manila venues earlier in the year, junket operator Tak Chun Group has now reportedly inaugurated a similar venture for the giant MGM Cotai int...
In the Philippines, the MCO (Philippines) Investments Limited subsidiary of Asian casino giant Melco Resorts and Entertainment Limited has reportedly announced that it has launched a campaign to bring the entir...
Asian casino operator Silver Heritage Group Limited has announced that it has hired Ben Watiwat to serve as its next Chief Financial Officer following the decision from predecessor Basil Jong to stand down ‘by ...
The tribal operator behind Connecticut’s giant Foxwoods Resort Casino has reportedly revealed that it is still hoping to win the right to build and run one of a trio of integrated casino resorts that could begi...
American casino operator, Hard Rock International, has announced that it has appointed international law and finance expert, Ado Machida (pictured), to serve as the next President of its Hard Rock Japan subsidi...
Macau reportedly chalked up a 3% increase year-on-year in visitor numbers last month as slightly over 2.56 million people travelled to enjoy the former Portuguese enclave’s extensive selection of shops, hotels ...
Maltese investments firm, Wide Rich Global Company, is hoping to bring in up to $1 billion via a virtual currency initial coin offering (ICO) in order to establish the planet’s first blockchain-based casino gam...
In the Philippines, the plan that would have seen Galaxy Entertainment Group Limited construct a $500 million integrated casino resort on the small island of Boracay has reportedly been dealt another serious bl...
UK based supplier of Virtual Football, general fixed odds gambling games, and casino games, 1X2 Network, has further bolstered its position in Asia after recently teaming with Makati-headquartered online RNG ga...
The cost to stay at one of Macau’s many hotels and guesthouses during the third quarter reportedly increased by an average of some 5.57% year-on-year as the Asian city’s overall tourist price index for the thre...
In Japan, the prefectural government for Tokyo has reportedly hired professional services firm Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC to carry out an impact study on the possibility of bringing an integrated casino resor...
In Macau, casino operator Sociedade de Jogos de Macau (SJM), a subsidiary of SJM Holdings Limited, has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Beijing-based China Duty-Free Group (CDFG) to open a ...
Yesterday reportedly saw a top official in the Japanese government deny an accusation that United States President, Donald Trump, had asked the Asian nation’s Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, to ‘strongly consider’ ...
Asian casino operator, Melco International Development Limited, has announced the imminent launch of an initial public offering (IPO) on the New York Stock Exchange for its Studio City International Holdings Li...
Data issued by the Macao Government Tourism Office on Sunday shows that nearly 812,500 tourists visited the former Portuguese enclave during the first six days of the ‘Golden Week’ public holiday. The figure in...