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, the Widus Hotel and Casino Clark has reportedly announced that it intends to spend around $500 million in order to further expand its offerings following the planned September completion of ...
In Russia, local firm, Shambala CJSC, has reportedly unveiled plans that will see it construct an around 172,200 sq ft integrated casino resort in the Primorye Integrated Entertainment Resort zone near the port...
In Macau, gross gaming revenue (GGR) for casinos reached nearly MOP25.49 billion (US$3.15 billion) in May, an increase of 12.1% year-on-year for the month, according to data released by the city’s regulator on ...
The latest region possibly interested in vying for one of the three highly sought-after integrated casino resort licenses that could soon be made available for Japan is home to Tokyo’s Disneyland.
Proponents...
A new central business district in the Philippines’ Clark Global City is under construction as of this week, when Udenna Development Corporation (UDEVCO) announced a $5 billion investment and a 10-year plan for...
In Macau, the occupancy rate at hotels and guesthouses was up 7.6 percent year-on-year for April, with an average rate of 88.9 percent and more than 1.1 million guests. Included in the figure is an occupancy ra...
Official lottery product sales in Mainland China for April increased by 9% from the same time last year while total sales for the month approached CNY41.71 billion (US$6.5 billion).
Welfare lottery sales saw...
In Japan, the government and its coalition partners are reportedly considering extending the current 150-day regular Diet session to either the end of June or early July in an effort to ensure the passage of im...
Last week in the Philippines, fraud and perjury complaints filed in January against Japanese entrepreneur, Kazuo Okada (pictured), by the promoter of the giant Okada Manila integrated casino resort have reporte...
Prior to the weekend, the lower parliamentary chamber of Japan’s National Diet, the House of Representatives, passed an anti-gambling addiction bill. The measure was then sent to the House of Councillors, the u...
The All India Gaming Federation (AIGF) will be hosting the 2nd edition of their yearly IP event next week featuring several topics including online poker, rummy and fantasy gaming. The Lalit Hotel of New Delhi,...
In Vietnam, the Laguna Lang Co beach resort near the historic city of Hue was reportedly awarded a casino license late last month and could now begin welcoming both foreign and domestic players as soon as 2022....
Asian casino operator MGM China Holdings Limited welcomed shareholders to its annual general meeting yesterday and the investors reportedly used the occasion to approve a year-end dividend of HK$0.097 ($0.012) ...
PokerStars will now be hosting new live branded poker events across Asia, thanks to an agreement signed between the Stars Group and International Entertainment Corporation (IEC), a company based in Hong Kong. T...
Only two weeks after David Green abruptly stood down as its Chairman, and Asian casino operator Silver Heritage Group Limited has announced that Richard Barker has resigned in a similar sudden fashion as a non-...