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.
Investors in Macau’s casino industry have reportedly been warned to expect gaming revenues to contract by low single digits this year due to the impacts of a cooling Chinese economy alongside that nation’s ongo...
In Malaysia, a High Court Judge reportedly made history on Friday by ordering local gambler, Paul Poh Yang Hong, to pay off the entirety of a debt he allegedly ran up while playing at a casino owned by Wynn Mac...
Developer, owner and operator of casino gaming and entertainment casino resort facilities in Asia, Melco Resorts and Entertainment Limited, (NASDAQ: MLCO), was, at the beginning of January, reportedly granted s...
The firm that once controlled Macau’s former Grand Waldo Casino has reportedly announced the formation of a partnership that it hopes will be granted one of the three integrated casino resort licenses being mad...
Integrated resort developer and operator in Macau, Sands China Ltd (1928:Hong Kong), has reportedly paid all of its eligible employees a discretionary bonus, the equivalent to a month's wages, according to the ...
In Vietnam, the first casino that will allow local adults to enjoy a wide range of games including slots, blackjack and roulette is reportedly set to open from Saturday on the southern island of Phu Quoc.
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Asian mobile games developer IGotGames (IGG) Incorporated has announced the premiere of its Mobile Royale online role-playing title complete with three-dimensional graphics and a plethora of special features.
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Asian casino giant Wynn Macau Limited has reportedly declared that it will be rewarding eligible employees at its Wynn Palace Cotai and Wynn Macau integrated casino resorts with a ‘winter bonus’ set to be equiv...
In Macau, a slowing economy alongside the prospects of a heightened trade war between the United States and China could reportedly lead to significant challenges for the three foreign gambling firms that operat...
American casino operator, Hard Rock International Incorporated, has reportedly released additional information about the giant Japan Hard Rock Resort facility it is hoping to bring to the northern Japanese isla...
Japanese pachinko, slot and arcade games manufacturer, Universal Entertainment Corporation, has reportedly announced that last year saw its Okada Manila integrated casino resort record adjusted earnings before ...
After inking an associated partnership arrangement with local property developer Niseko Alpine Developments in November of 2017, Japanese tourism firm Kamori Kanko Company Limited has now reportedly reaffirmed ...
In South Korea, the former Chief Executive Officer for domestic casino operator, Kangwon Land Incorporated, has reportedly been sentenced to serve a three-year prison term after being found guilty of conducting...
Next month will see poker players from around Asia gather in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in order to take part in a new tournament being organized by the All Japan Poker Championship (AJPC)...
Lower than anticipated takings from the over 30 casinos in Macau during the first week of 2019 has reportedly prompted brokerage firm, Sanford C Bernstein and Company, to forecast that January’s upcoming aggreg...