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 reportedly experienced a 7.9% increase year-on-year in the total number of October tourists to nearly 2.89 million despite earlier recording a 2% decline in visitor numbers for the first four days of the ...
From November 15th until the 21st, the MGM Grand Sanya of China played host to the World Poker Tour. Players were able to take part in the WPT Sanya Main Event via invite with a total of 888 players taking to t...
The field of those interested in operating one of the integrated casino resorts being planned for Japan now has another player after local tourism firm Kamori Kanko Company Limited announced the signing of an a...
The online magazine, Login Casino will conduct a streaming conference on November 30, 2017, for bookmakers and other industry professionals interested in the FIFA World Cup 2018. Some estimates indicate that th...
After announcing last month that it will be de-listing its shares from Singapore’s stock exchange, casino and cruise ship operator Genting Hong Kong Limited has now revealed that it has agreed a deal to offload...
Lottery service and casino equipment provider Scientific Games Corporation (NASDAQ: SGMS) does not anticipate any negative impact to result from amendments proposed to Macau’s Administrative Regulation No. 26/2...
The government of Macau is reportedly set to introduce new measures early next year designed to reduce the prevalence of foreign workers being hired to fill middle and senior management roles within the city’s ...
Over 200 industry experts, affiliates, and others attended the first Asia Gaming Summit that was held in Taiwan last week. The three-day conference explored the possibilities for Taiwan to become the next desti...
In the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, a legislative committee has reportedly officially approved a pair of revised measures that would update the American territory’s regulations on casino gambli...
The billionaire Filipino businessman behind Asian casino operator Bloomberry Resorts Corporation has reportedly declared that his firm is no longer interested in disposing of its stake in the Jeju Sun Hotel and...
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...