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.
Macau’s concessionaire Melco Resorts & Entertainment’s parent company, Melco International Development Ltd, reportedly lost HK$1,74 billion (US$222 million) in 2023. The loss is attributable to the owners.
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The Philippines’ mayor will be investigated due to alleged connection to Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO), located in the mayor's municipality. The POGOs were recently raided, which further increased...
Thailand’s House of Representatives is scheduled to review a legislation to officially legalize casino gaming in Thailand on March 28, based on the information provided in the report in the Nation newspaper on ...
Following the 2022 US market entry, the Taiwanese gaming and investment company XSGames is working to expand its slot machine developments to European market. As reported, the online gaming content and slot mac...
Recently, India’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) has warned every social media influencer and endorser to abstain from advertising and promoting offshore gambling and online wagering platforms a...
Renowned investment bank JP Morgan reveals that the Macau gaming industry generated $77.9 million in daily gross gaming revenues last week. As reported by Inside Asian Gaming (IAG), the bank's analysts consider...
Bloomberry Resorts Corporation, owner of Solaire Resort, revealed that it has managed to reach a settlement agreement in its 10-year legal dispute with previous ally Global Gaming Asset Management (GGAM) Philip...
PAGCOR, a Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation, spent years working hard on establishing the Philippines as one of the leading gaming markets in the world, and its efforts are finally paying off. Accordi...
The popular Vietnamese casino Phu Quoc recorded an accumulated loss of VND3.7 trillion, according to a recent report. Despite the revenue increasing by 45.7% and overall better results in 2023 than was the case...
As MGM Resorts, a global leader in gaming and entertainment, pursues development of its three hotel brands in Dubai, the company's CEO and President Bill Hornbuckle has recently announced that the casino giant ...
China is concerned about its citizens betting in Singapore. The Chinese embassy in Singapore issued a statement in which it warned its citizens to stop placing bets in the city-state, as it doesn’t comply with ...
Some hotel owners are superstitious and ready to resort to some actions when launching the business that many would consider ridiculous. Such actions sometimes include certain room number exclusions to make gue...
A foundation stone laying ceremony was held on March 14 for the newest casino, resort and convention center, called Subic Sun Convention Resort and Casino, Inc., in Subic Bay. However, the said complex will be ...
After the plan of the Nagasaki Prefecture to launch an integrated resort development project was rejected by the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism in December 2023, the Nagasaki P...
After the great losses the Macau casino industry experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic, mostly because of the measures that restricted traveling, which disabled foreign tourists and the ones from Mainland Ch...