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.
Asian gaming and entertainments giant Melco International Development Limited has released its interim financial results for the six months to the end of June showing an over 154% increase year-on-year in net p...
After fully opening its Tiger Palace Resort Bhairahawa venue in January, Silver Heritage Group Limited has now announced a deal that has seen it secure an 18.4-acre parcel of land for the purposes of building a...
Hong Kong-listed, Melco Resorts and Entertainment Ltd. (MLCO:NASDAQ GS), announced on Friday that a benefits program review for the company’s non-management employees in Macau has been completed and as such it ...
In Russia, a South Korean firm has reportedly held negotiations with the state-owned Primorsky Krai Development Corporation about the possibility of bringing a $263.6 million development to the casino-friendly ...
The Tinian Casino Gaming Control Commission has suspended Alter City Group’s casino license for failing to pay its annual license fee for its planned $1.7 billion Plumeria Golf and Casino Resort at Nasarino Bea...
Only a few days after announcing the departure of Cai Lingli as an Executive Director and casino developer, Imperial Pacific International Holdings Limited has now reportedly detailed that it expects to post ‘a...
Shares in casino operator, Landing International Development Limited, have reportedly plunged amid news that the firm’s Chairman, Yang Zhihui (pictured), may have been arrested as part of an investigation into ...
Last year saw aggregated gross gaming revenues for the 460 commercial casinos in the United States increase by 3.4% year-on-year to reach $40.28 billion as the 215 venues located in Nevada once again led the wa...
In the south-east Asian nation of Myanmar, draft legislation has reportedly been submitted to the 440-seat House of Representatives that would legalize the operation of a limited number of foreigner-only casino...
In Macau, the recently-opened MGM Cotai venue is reportedly going to allow a pair of external junket operators to set up in-house VIP services from next month before bringing in a further trio of such partners ...
In Japan, a host of foreign gambling operators are reportedly going all out in hopes of securing one of the three casino licenses that are going to be made available following last month’s ratification of the I...
Casino developer, Imperial Pacific International Holdings Limited, has announced that Cai Lingli will no longer serve as its Executive Committee Chairperson after resigning as one of its Executive Directors ove...
In the Philippines, the billionaire business magnate behind the plan to build a $337.2 million integrated casino resort on the central island of Cebu is reportedly persevering with the enterprise despite Januar...
Law enforcement officials in China have reportedly busted an international gambling ring that had allegedly allowed local punters to illegally place online proxy bets using a website based in the Philippines.
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In the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), a statement issued by Saipan casino operator, Imperial Pacific International LLC (IPI), on Friday asks for the continued support from the community re...