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.
Chinese real estate firm Landing International Development Limited has reportedly delayed the opening of the casino for its giant Jeju Shinhwa World development in South Korea as it awaits government permission...
With the New Year, came new limits for UnionPay cards. Beginning on the 1st of January, new restrictions set forth by the State Administration of Foreign Exchange in China were imposed on the cards, including A...
In Hong Kong, gaming machine manufacturer Universal Entertainment Corporation has reportedly announced that its Tiger Resort Asia Limited casino-operating subsidiary has filed a lawsuit against Japanese busines...
Macau's 40 casinos reportedly saw their aggregated gross gaming revenues for the whole of 2017 reach a three-year high of just over $33.01 billion thanks in large part to a resurgence in the numbers of high-sta...
In Macau, the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau regulator has reportedly issued The Parisian Macao and Wynn Palace Cotai integrated casino resorts with permission to each operate 25 new-to-market live d...
After last month selling off the entirety of his 17.37% stake in Asian casino operator Summit Ascent Holdings Limited, Hong Kong-based businessman Lawrence Ho Yau Lung (pictured) has now resigned as the firm’s ...
Asian casino operator Silver Heritage Group Limited reportedly opened the casino inside its Tiger Palace Resort Bhairahawa venue in Nepal yesterday evening after receiving a gambling license late last week.
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Resorts World Manila will see a new hotel opened by Japan's Hotel Okura Co Ltd sometime in 2018. Travellers International Hotel Group, Inc. has entered into a deal with the Tokyo-based firm that will see their ...
In mainland China, according to official data from the Ministry of Finance, November sales from official lottery products saw an 11.8 percent year-on-year spike to approximately CNY38.56 billion (US$5.89 billio...
The Statistics and Census Service has released the visitor arrivals for the month of November in Macau, showing an increase in travelers by 9.4% when compared to November last year. The increase resulted in mor...
The high court of Bombay at Goa was informed by the state government last week that they will issue a jetty or docking facility to Golden Globe Hotels Pvt Ltd (GGHPL). The jetty, expected to be issued any day n...
In efforts to assist with gambling problems in Japan, the Japan Racing Association (JRA) is set to introduce a new program that will allow family members of gambling addicts to block individuals from taking par...
In Macau, hotel developer The 13 Holdings Limited has reportedly announced that it has reached a deal to extend the deadline for the sale of its Paul Y Engineering Group construction arm by a further two months...
Taiwanese shipping giant First Steamship Company Limited has reportedly announced that it will be spending approximately $253,000 million over the coming weeks in order to acquire a 12.67% stake in Asian casino...
From March 20th to the 22nd, Asia Gaming Brief will be hosting their conference program, the ASEAN Gaming Summit 2018. The conference will take place in the Philippines at the Conrad Manila and feature two main...