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.
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...
In India, the government for the small state of Goa has reportedly published draft legislation that could fundamentally alter the local gambling landscape by forcing the area’s many riverboat casinos to relocat...
Asian casino operator, Galaxy Entertainment Group Limited, has reportedly announced that it is investigating a claim that its name is being illegally used to promote a gambling facility located along the shores...
After purchasing a substantial stake in the under-construction Hoiana integrated casino resort in August, Asian junket operator Suncity Group Holdings Limited has now reportedly announced that the first stage o...
Malaysian conglomerate, MQ Technology Berhad, has reportedly announced that it has pulled out of a partnership that was due to see it assist in bringing a casino resort complete with a theme park to a 12.6-acre...
Asian cruise ship operator, Genting Hong Kong Limited, has reportedly announced the signing of a deal that is due to see it continue purchasing electronic gaming machines and associated equipment from FreeStyle...
Asian casino operator, Melco Resorts and Entertainment Limited, has announced the signing of a deal that will see it partner with a local sustainable energy generation firm in order to launch Macau’s largest so...
Asian casino operator, Macau Legend Development Limited, has reportedly announced the signing of a deal that has seen it spend slightly over $90 million in order to buy a large plot of land in central Cambodia....
In Macau, new rules have reportedly come into force that prohibit patrons from smoking tobacco anywhere on a casino floor except in designated airtight ‘lounges’ that must be approved by authorities in line wit...
The past twelve months have reportedly seen the aggregated value of stocks in the majority of Las Vegas-based gaming firms decline by over 30% year-on-year as investors wrestled with fears of a looming recessio...
Asian casino operator, Genting Malaysia Berhad, has reportedly announced that it has appointed Lim Keong Hui to serve as its new Deputy Chief Executive Officer as it looks to reverse a recent third-quarter defi...
The government for Macau has reportedly announced that the amount of tax it collected directly from gaming operations for the first eleven months of 2018 rose by some 14.1% year-on-year to reach almost $12.13 b...
In China, a rise in sports lottery sales reportedly helped overall lottery revenues from sales on the mainland for November increase by some 10.8% year-on-year to reach about CNY42.72 billion (US$6.20 billion)....
Chairwoman and Chief Executive Officer of the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR), Andrea Domingo (pictured, right), has reportedly revealed that the government-owned body will end the year "wi...