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.
Local media are reporting that Macau's Court of Second Instance has determined that Las Vegas Sands Corp (NYSE: LVS) must go to trial to defend an alleged breach of contract related to their 2002 gaming concess...
In South Dehli, one of 11 revenue districts in India's capital city of New Delhi, police raided a sprawling farmhouse on Tuesday night where an illegal casino was reportedly operating and some 30 individuals w...
Asian casino operator NagaCorp Limited has released its unaudited financial results for the first six months of 2017 reportedly showing that it experienced a 40% increase year-on-year in gross gaming revenues t...
EEGMedia/EEGEvents announced from Transylvania yesterday that the Central and Eastern European event organizer has engaged in a strategic partnership with the Asia Gaming Brief. The partnership is expected to g...
In the Philippines, Asian casino operator Genting Hong Kong has reportedly declared that it plans to open its new $1.1 billion Westside City Resorts World integrated casino resort in 2020 complete with a minimu...
In China, the government reportedly instituted new regulations late last week that have been designed to stop the flow of money abroad by limiting outbound investment in a number of sectors including the gambli...
Silver Heritage Group Ltd announced Monday that they had secured another $5 million for Nepal subsidiary, Tiger One Pvt Ltd, bringing the company's Tiger Palace Resort Bhairahawa another step closer to opening ...
After being forced to shut down when its license expired in August of last year, PhilWeb Corp. is now back in action. The company was given the go-ahead to become a service provider after being reinstated by th...
Macau-based junket operator Suncity Group has launched “Sun Finance,” a secure mobile phone app that reportedly enables the company’s VIP gambling clients to have real-time tracking of their rolling chip activi...
Despite announcing in February that its half-year gross revenues had slipped by over 14% year-on-year to stand at $45.34 million, Asian casino operator Donaco International Limited has now reportedly managed to...
Japan’s Civil Code is in the process of being revised to lower the age of adulthood on the island nation from 20 years of age to 18. However, according to Asia Gaming Brief, the government has decided the chang...
Asian casino operator Melco Resorts and Entertainment Limited has reportedly filed a motion with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission that could see its Studio City International Holdings Limite...
In a Wednesday filing with the Korea Exchange, Kangwon Land posted second quarter 2017 profits of KRW110.4 billion (US$96.9 million), down 10.7 percent from the same quarter in 2016. Kangwon Land is located in ...
Travellers International Hotel Group Inc., owner, and operator of Resorts World Manila experienced a net loss of PHP312.09 million (US$622,621) for the second quarter of 2017, after closing its casino in June f...
PAGCOR, the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation, has decided to provide a Provisional License to Millennium Pan-Asia Hotel and Resort Inc. so that the company can create a new integrated resort and casi...