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 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...
Asian casino operator Melco Resorts and Entertainment Limited has announced that its Chief Financial Officer, Geoffrey Davis, has been selected to fill the same role being vacated by the retiring Tam Chi Wai fo...
Italian Serie A football club AS Roma announced this week a new commercial partnership with Asian online betting brand KB88.com that will see the online operator become the football club’s official regional bet...
In Japan, the boss for pachinko giant Sega Sammy Holdings Incorporated has reportedly reiterated his company’s desire to open an integrated casino resort in its home nation but stated that the firm intends to w...
In Macau, yesterday reportedly saw local customs officials begin enforcement of a new compulsory currency declaration scheme that sees all high-value individuals traveling to and from the city required to offic...
Tuesday reportedly saw several publicly-listed American casino operators receive a significant boost to their stock price after a prominent equity research firm declared that it expects Macau's aggregated gross...
Macau casino giant SJM Holdings Limited has published its unaudited financial results for the three months to the end of September showing that it experienced a 16.5% decline year-on-year in net profit to $54.8...