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 casinos reported approximately 80,000 more instances of refusing entry to underage individuals last year than the number of entry refusals to individuals under 21 in all of 2016, which was reported at aro...
In the southern Asian nation of Myanmar, the chief ministers for the states of Mon, Kayin and Shan have reportedly joined with their counterparts from the large administrative divisions of Tanintharyi and Manda...
After delaying the opening of its MGM Cotai development several times, American casino giant MGM Resorts International has now reportedly declared that it intends to hold an ‘official grand opening ceremony’ fo...
The future of the Macau casino industry reportedly remains positive with aggregate gross gaming revenues likely to rise over the course of 2018 despite the sector facing the dual challenges of combating organiz...
Launched by Discovery Networks India, DSPORT is an Indian television channel that caters to sports genre. The channel recently announced that it had acquired the exclusive broadcast rights to Season 2 of the Po...
In Macau, the Managing Director for prominent local casino operator SJM Holdings Limited has reportedly announced that she is prepared to take in every one of the over 600 greyhounds that are set to be made hom...
In Macau, hotel and gaming operator China Star Entertainment Limited has reportedly completed the sale of the entirety of its interests in the Hotel Lan Kwai Fong to local businessman Chan Meng Kam for a total ...
In Vietnam, the nation’s Ministry of Planning and Investment has reportedly recommended that the Laguna Lang Co beach resort near the historic city of Hue be given permission to operate a casino that would be o...
In Macau, Monday reportedly saw the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau regulator institute a new set of technical standards covering any electronic live-dealer gaming table destined for the city’s 40 cas...
Chinese real estate firm Landing International Development Limited has reportedly delayed the opening of the casino for its giant Jeju Shinhwa World development in South Korea as it awaits government permission...
With the New Year, came new limits for UnionPay cards. Beginning on the 1st of January, new restrictions set forth by the State Administration of Foreign Exchange in China were imposed on the cards, including A...
In Hong Kong, gaming machine manufacturer Universal Entertainment Corporation has reportedly announced that its Tiger Resort Asia Limited casino-operating subsidiary has filed a lawsuit against Japanese busines...
Macau's 40 casinos reportedly saw their aggregated gross gaming revenues for the whole of 2017 reach a three-year high of just over $33.01 billion thanks in large part to a resurgence in the numbers of high-sta...
In Macau, the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau regulator has reportedly issued The Parisian Macao and Wynn Palace Cotai integrated casino resorts with permission to each operate 25 new-to-market live d...
After last month selling off the entirety of his 17.37% stake in Asian casino operator Summit Ascent Holdings Limited, Hong Kong-based businessman Lawrence Ho Yau Lung (pictured) has now resigned as the firm’s ...