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.
In the Philippines, President Rodrigo Duterte (pictured) has reportedly axed the $500 million plan from Galaxy Entertainment Group Limited that would have seen the Hong Kong-listed firm construct a 1,000-room i...
Having approved a revised fee structure effective April 1 subjecting Goa’s casino industry to levies for the financial year 2018-19, which are as much as 4.5 times greater than the hikes casinos dealt with the ...
In Macau, visitorship over the Easter holiday was down 4.7 percent compared with the same time last year, with the former Portuguese territory seeing a total of 402,846 for the long weekend.
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The Asian Poker Tour hosted the APT Philippines Championships 2018 from March to April at the Resorts World Manila with the much-anticipated APT Championship Event taking place during the series, from March 28 ...
Asian casino giant Melco Resorts and Entertainment Limited has rewarded Lawrence Ho Yau Lung (pictured) for his successful leadership by granting the billionaire businessman a further 531,381 of its restricted ...
From May 1 this year, Macau casino operator Wynn Macau Ltd (1128:Hong Kong) will put into effect an improved package of maternity and paternity benefits which will be applicable to eligible employees of the fir...
An agreement has been reached in Japan between the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and allied Komeito party for a flat integrated resort casino (IR) tax rate and to limit the number of IRs in the country ...
The month of March was a successful one in Macau as casinos were able to see gains of 22% in gambling revenues. The demand for gambling remains static in the former Portuguese colony's only legal casino hub, wi...
As expected, Goa’s six offshore licensees have been given another extension before having to relocate from their current home in the Mandovi river.
According to The Times of India, operators including Delta ...
In Japan, the ruling Liberal Democratic/Komeito coalition government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (pictured) has reportedly agreed to include a measure in the coming Integrated Resort Implementation Bill that w...
Effective from April 1, 2018, casino operators in Goa will be subject to substantial fee hikes which are applicable to both floating casinos on the Mandovi River and land-based gaming facilities in the western ...
In Macau, the opening of The 13 luxury hotel has been delayed again after the firm behind the opulent property, The 13 Holdings Limited, reportedly stated that it now does not expect to begin welcoming guests t...
Chinese real estate developer and casino operator New Silkroad Culturaltainment Limited has reportedly released its financial results for the twelve months to the end of December showing that its interest in th...
In the Philippines, the plan from Galaxy Entertainment Group Limited to build a $500 million integrated casino resort on the small island of Boracay could reportedly be in jeopardy after allegations emerged tha...
In Japan, a group of business leaders from rural Fukui Prefecture has reportedly become the latest to launch a bid for the right to host one of up to six new integrated casino resorts due to be legalized follow...