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.
After announcing last month that it will be de-listing its shares from Singapore’s stock exchange, casino and cruise ship operator Genting Hong Kong Limited has now revealed that it has agreed a deal to offload...
Lottery service and casino equipment provider Scientific Games Corporation (NASDAQ: SGMS) does not anticipate any negative impact to result from amendments proposed to Macau’s Administrative Regulation No. 26/2...
The government of Macau is reportedly set to introduce new measures early next year designed to reduce the prevalence of foreign workers being hired to fill middle and senior management roles within the city’s ...
Over 200 industry experts, affiliates, and others attended the first Asia Gaming Summit that was held in Taiwan last week. The three-day conference explored the possibilities for Taiwan to become the next desti...
In the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, a legislative committee has reportedly officially approved a pair of revised measures that would update the American territory’s regulations on casino gambli...
The billionaire Filipino businessman behind Asian casino operator Bloomberry Resorts Corporation has reportedly declared that his firm is no longer interested in disposing of its stake in the Jeju Sun Hotel and...
In the midst of holding a poker tournament series at the Winford Manila Resort and Casino in the Philippines and the Asian Poker Tour (APT) has reportedly inked a deal that will see it return to the nearby Reso...
Although there is still nearly six months to go until the next edition the annual Global Gaming Expo (G2E) Asia kicks off in Macau, event organizers have reportedly announced that more than 90% of the three-day...
In the Philippines, Universal Entertainment Corporation has reportedly announced that it intends to premiere the new beach-themed Cove Manila attraction inside its Okada Manila integrated casino resort in Decem...
In Macau, local real estate firm Hong Hock Development Company Limited has reportedly signed a deal that it hopes will soon see it offload its entire interest in New Macau Landmark Management Limited for just o...
In the Philippines, the nation’s casino regulator has announced that it has begun accepting bids for the long-term lease of two parcels of land located next to the Solaire Resort and Casino in Manila’s Entertai...
Tourists from mainland China reportedly accounted for some 18% of the international visitors that entered Singapore during the first half of 2017 with their 1.55 million individual arrivals representing an incr...
The MGS Entertainment Show – Innovation and Interactive (MGS) will be held at Venetian Macao from November 14 to 16 this year. MGS is the premier gaming and entertainment exhibition organized and executed by or...
Despite being re-elected as the Prime Minister of Japan last month, Shinzo Abe (pictured) has reportedly yet to set a timetable for his government to bring the proposed casino-enabling Integrated Resort Impleme...
Three properties of Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd in Macau will now offer a new payment method, thanks to a new partnership with Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Macau) Ltd. Visitors to the Macau prope...