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.
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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.
The first six months of 2018 reportedly saw Macau record an 8% increase year-on-year in the number of tourists visiting its shores to just over 16.8 million while the tally for June alone rose by 9.4% to about ...
In Japan, Friday reportedly saw the upper house of the nation’s bicameral National Diet ratify the Integrated Resort Implementation Bill, thus paving the way for the opening of up to three large integrated casi...
In Japan, proposed legislation that would legalize casino gambling could reportedly face a vote before the full House of Councillors as soon as tomorrow after earlier today being ratified by the body’s influent...
A hiring scandal at South Korea’s only casino accessible to locals, Kangwon Land (pictured), has reportedly resulted in the indictment of two lawmakers from the nation’s conservative Liberty Korea Party. The in...
Macau International Airport Co Ltd, operator of the airport in the special administrative region of Macau, reportedly estimates that for all of 2018 the facility will handle upwards of 8 million passengers.
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In Macau, the Court of First Instance has reportedly dismissed the damages claim tied to a lawsuit brought by a former employee of the Philippines Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) against local casino ...
Macau casino operator, Wynn Macau Ltd (1128:Hong Kong), announced recently that the lions share of its staff will be receiving a special bonus commensurate with one month’s gross salary.
According to the off...
In Macau, second-quarter aggregated gross gaming revenues reportedly grew by 17.2% year-on-year to reach just over $9.11 billion although combined takings from VIP players increased by only 14.4% to hit $5.13 b...
In Macau, yesterday reportedly saw legislators unanimously pass a proposed government-backed measure that would prohibit the city’s 24,453 employed table games dealers from entering the gaming floor of all loca...
A request by the Macau (Yat Yuen) Canidrome Club to extend the July 20, 2018 deadline to either relocate or close completely has reportedly been rejected by Macau’s Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DI...
Top global event producing company specializing in gaming conferences and exhibitions, Eventus International, has announced a rebrand of a gaming conference for the region of India, with the newest edition to t...
South Korean casino operator, Grand Korea Leisure Company Limited, has reportedly released its financial results for the first six months of 2018 showing a 4.1% increase year-on-year in gaming revenues to sligh...
After the Friday passage of a framework bill regarding “gambling addiction” by the House of Councillors, the upper house of Japan’s parliament , work is now set to begin at both the local government and nationa...
Record-breaking attendance was one hallmark of the Global Gaming Expo (G2E) Asia 2018 that wound up on May 17, 2018, at the Venetian Macao. The footfall of local and international tradespeople was up more than ...
Asian casino operator, Macau Legend Development Limited, has reportedly declared that it will be paying shareholders a ‘special dividend’ worth some $63.88 million after earlier recording a 24.8% increase year-...