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 South Korea, the operator behind the recently-opened Paradise City integrated casino resort has reportedly announced that the $1.7 billion development welcomed an average of 3,100 daily visitors during i...
Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment (MGE), headquartered in Uncasville, Connecticut announced late last week that the company plans to break ground on the Inspire Integrated Resort adjacent to the Incheon Intern...
Despite being forced to suspend construction on the Morpheus hotel tower at its City of Dreams Macau development earlier this month, Melco Resorts and Entertainment Limited has reportedly announced that it stil...
Gaming-focused investments firm Premium Leisure Corporation has released its financial results for the first half of 2017 showing a 123% increase year-on-year in net revenues to nearly $20.3 million thanks in l...
Asian casino operator Melco Resorts and Entertainment Limited has revealed its unaudited financial results for the second quarter showing a 21% increase year-on-year in net revenues for the three-month period t...
Earlier this month, the Star Vegas Resort & Club of Cambodia hosted the Asian Poker Tour Southeast Asian event. Several poker tournaments were on the schedule including the Main Event. Fifty players took pa...
In Macau, the firm behind the giant Wynn Palace Cotai and Wynn Macau casino resorts, Wynn Macau Limited, has released its second-quarter unaudited financial results showing that operating revenues had increased...
The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation has released its financial results for the six months to the end of June showing that its net income improved by almost 24.8% year-on-year to hit $60.5 million wh...
The floating casinos of Goa, India, are to be moved onshore in three year’s time while locals will be forbidden to step inside the vessels, India’s Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar informed on Monday, as reporte...
Sydney-listed Donaco International Limited (ASX:DNA) is looking to add about 100 gaming tables to its Star Vegas International Resort and Casino in Poipet, Cambodia over the next few months.
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At the beginning of July, Imperial Pacific International (1076.HK) announced the gaming floor of the Best Sunshine Live facility would be moved to the Imperial Pacific Resort. Now, it seems the company is on t...
Data from the Ministry of Finance indicates that in June, China’s monthly lottery sales fell to RMB 33.8 billion (US$5 billion), a year-on-year decrease of 0.3 percent, according to Asia Gaming Brief.
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The Supreme Court of Japan has rejected an appeal to hear a defamation case brought by Japan's Universal Entertainment Corp against Reuters. The decision upholds two lower court rulings in the country.
The C...
The Asia Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG) has given Macau a positive rating for its anti-money laundering efforts.
Asia Gaming Brief reports that a statement from the Financial Intelligence Office con...
In Macau, the leader for the trade organization that represents the city’s many junket operators has reportedly called on the government to increase the minimum cash requirement a firm must obtain in order to b...