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 Macau, suspected gambling-related crime during the first three months of 2017 reportedly climbed by some 15.2% year-on-year to 424 individual instances and was led by an 18% swell in alleged occurrences of u...
In the Philippines, local trading and shipping firm Udenna Corporation has reportedly raised approximately $80.36 million to help fund its plan to build a new integrated casino resort on the central island of M...
As part of a plan to transform the area around the cities of Hong Kong, Macau, and Guangzhou into one giant integrated economic zone, an official Chinese think-tank has reportedly proposed loosening existing bo...
Six weeks after Asian casino operator Melco Crown Entertainment Limited officially changed its name to Melco Resorts and Entertainment Limited and its Melco Crown (Philippines) Resorts Corporation subsidiary is...
According to disclosures on the Philippines Stock Exchange along with local reports, it looks like the Philippine real estate market is producing well for the big players.
First quarter results along with a ...
Melco Crown Philippines (PSE:MCP), the Philippine arm of Melco Resorts & Entertainment group of Asia, is the world’s top-performing casino stock of 2017, a Bloomberg report confirms. According to the report...
Some of the 40 VIP gambling promoters accounts that have been reviewed by Macau's casino regulator so far have proved to have faults, but the severity of the issue is not clear yet.
Macau’s Gaming Inspection...
With the future of the VIP gambling market in Macau remaining uncertain, casino operator Galaxy Entertainment Group Limited has reportedly revealed that it is targeting “millennial” players in order to secure t...
After finally overcoming a series of construction delays, the Pac On Ferry Terminal in Macau is set to open from Thursday morning offering eight berths that will be capable of transporting thousands of tourists...
Tuesday marks the opening day of G2E Asia 2017 at the Venetian Macao and all indications are for another record breaking year in attendance and participation. The show is jointly organized and presented by Reed...
Asian casino operator Genting Singapore has released its financial results for the first quarter of the year showing a 4% drop year-on-year in overall revenues to $419.56 million although its adjusted earnings ...
As legislators in Japan continue the process of crafting specific rules governing the nation’s coming integrated casino resorts, the governor for Wakayama Prefecture has reportedly suggested that only foreigner...
Just a few days ago it was announced that the government of Japan was working on a new bill regarding the casino industry that would cover how new casinos would be regulated along with tax payments and number o...
Japanese pachinko innovator Sega Sammy Holdings Incorporated has reportedly announced that it is hoping to acquire a majority stake in one of its nation’s planned integrated casino resorts.
According to a re...
In the Philippines, the state-run Philippine Amusement And Gaming Corporation gambling regulator has announced the establishment of a new offshore gaming license for firms offering online sportsbetting services...