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.
After last week saw employees at its MGM Macau property stage a demonstration concerning the amount of a one-off pay bonus, MGM China Holdings Limited is now reportedly facing calls to investigate the impact ne...
After announcing last week that the opening of its luxury The 13 property had been delayed until at least the end of April, local hotel developer The 13 Holdings Limited has now revealed that Stephen Hung (pict...
In December 2017, Mark Brown resigned from his position at Imperial Pacific International (IPI) (HKEx 1076) leaving the board in need of a new CEO and chairman. Effective August 1st, 2017, Henry Cheang was app...
As part of this year’s Asian circuit series, the All Japan Poker Championship (AJPC) recently announced that it plans to hold tournaments in Taiwan and Macau.
Since 2007 the Osaka-based AJPC has been organiz...
In Macau, employees of local casino operator MGM China Holdings Limited reportedly staged demonstrations on Sunday and Monday in protest at the firm’s refusal to grant its non-management staff a one-off bonus e...
In the Philippines, the Bloomberry Resorts and Hotels Incorporated subsidiary of casino operator Bloomberry Resorts Corporation has reportedly spent approximately $82,468 in order to purchase shares in its pare...
In Japan, in an effort to alleviate slumping sales, on Friday, the internal affairs ministry said that effective October, people will be able to buy lottery tickets online for a majority of public-run lotteries...
In Macau, the local Sands China Limited subsidiary of American casino giant Las Vegas Sands Corporation has reportedly announced that it is planning to increase the monthly salaries for some of its full-time em...
In Macau, casino operator Melco Resorts and Entertainment Limited has reportedly announced a number of planned changes to its senior leadership team including the imminent departure of industry veteran Gabriel ...
The DICJ, Macau’s Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau, has allocated MGM China Holdings Ltd 125 new to market tables for their MGM Cotai property which is expected to open in February. The tables will be ...
In Macau, local hotel developer The 13 Holdings Limited has reportedly announced that it has again postponed the opening of its The 13 property and does not now expect to begin welcoming guests to the luxury ve...
Two top poker entities have now joined forces to bring something new to poker players of Macau. Poker Central and Macau Billionaire Poker have created a new partnership to bring the Super High Roller Bowl to th...
Despite recently recording an over 19% increase year-on-year in annual aggregated gross gaming revenues to in excess of $33 billion, it reportedly seems that the 40 casinos in Macau hit this improved figure by ...
In Macau, local police have reportedly arrested a dealer from the Wynn Macau integrated casino resort along with an accomplice over allegations that the pair illegally made off with gambling chips worth approxi...
In Vietnam, the Ministry of Finance has reportedly issued new regulations that have been designed to ensure all of the nation’s casinos are run properly and correctly handle and record transactions for tax-coll...