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.
American casino giant MGM Resorts International has reportedly announced that its newly-established MGM Resorts Japan subsidiary has followed rival Melco Resorts and Entertainment Limited in becoming an officia...
Japanese gambling giant Universal Entertainment Corporation has announced the signing of a ‘basic agreement’ that will see it establish a Hong Kong-based joint venture with China Guangcai International Investme...
After being provisionally reinstated by the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (PAGCOR) in August, PhilWeb Corp has reortedly been approved to become a service provider once again in the Philippines. The com...
In Macau, a senior government official has reportedly disclosed that authorities have no immediate plans to initiate a licensing regime for the numerous sub-agents that work in collaboration with the enclave’s ...
In Japan, lawmakers from the ruling Liberal Democratic/Komeito coalition reportedly introduced legislation on Friday that would insert a series of anti-addiction measures into the nation’s proposed Integrated R...
A recently signed three-year deal will see Hong-Kong-based investment holding company Amax International (HKEx:959) operate a VIP room in Cambodian boomtown Poipet at Genting Crown Casino, which has no affiliat...
In Macau, a senior government official has reportedly admitted that it is proving ‘difficult’ to stamp out the illegal ‘multiplier’ practice in the VIP rooms of the enclave’s many casinos despite the use of und...
Asian casino giant Genting Malaysia has released its unaudited financial results for the three months to the end of September showing a 65.2% drop year-on-year in overall profit to $47.13 million despite a 3.16...
In the Philippines, a senior federal lawmaker has reportedly proposed legislation that would drastically alter the role of the nation’s Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation by transforming the body into ...
Independent gaming certification lab, BMM International LLC or as it is branded, BMM Testlabs, has reportedly been licensed to certify online gaming products in the Philippines by the country’s gaming regulator...
In Malaysia, gaming machine innovator Spintec has reportedly installed one of its multi-game amphitheater solutions inside the newly-refurbished Resorts World Genting featuring 50 of its stand-alone Karma elect...
Macau reportedly experienced a 7.9% increase year-on-year in the total number of October tourists to nearly 2.89 million despite earlier recording a 2% decline in visitor numbers for the first four days of the ...
From November 15th until the 21st, the MGM Grand Sanya of China played host to the World Poker Tour. Players were able to take part in the WPT Sanya Main Event via invite with a total of 888 players taking to t...
The field of those interested in operating one of the integrated casino resorts being planned for Japan now has another player after local tourism firm Kamori Kanko Company Limited announced the signing of an a...
The online magazine, Login Casino will conduct a streaming conference on November 30, 2017, for bookmakers and other industry professionals interested in the FIFA World Cup 2018. Some estimates indicate that th...