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.
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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.
Asian casino operator Silver Heritage Group Limited has declared that its decision to select Nepal as the home for its latest development has been vindicated following a recent announcement by a top Chinese gov...
Japanese newswire service Jiji Press reported that work on a second bill regarding casino gaming was put in motion by the Japanese government on Tuesday, according to GGRAsia.
Specifics of the draft statute ...
Asian casino operator Melco Crown Entertainment Limited has officially changed its name to Melco Resorts And Entertainment Limited while additionally revealing that the Hard Rock Hotel at its City Of Dreams Mac...
The next annual edition of the Global Gaming Exhibition (G2E) Asia is scheduled to take place from May 16 to May 18 and attendees this year will be able to keep abreast of all the latest show news courtesy of a...
Asian casino operator NagaCorp Limited has released its unaudited financial results for the first three months of 2017 showing that VIP rolling chip volumes had increased by 34% year-on-year to reach over $3.73...
Sports lottery and land-based casino operator Success Universe Group Limited has released its financial results for 2016 showing that its net annual loss had widened by 364.4% year-on-year to stand at approxima...
In Macau, March reportedly saw aggregated gross gaming revenues rise for an eighth consecutive month as the over 30 casinos in the city posted an 18.1% combined increase year-on-year to bring in just over $2.65...
On the heels of a construction fatality and federal charges being filed against contractors at the company's Imperial Pacific Resort - Imperial Pacific International Holdings Limited, now says it is ready to op...
After months of debate, the legality of Bitcoins in Japan is finally taking shape, thanks to a new law that went into effect this April 1st which recognizes Bitcoin as a type of payment method, according to loc...
Asian junket operator Jimei International Entertainment Group Limited has reportedly announced the end of a partnership with NagaCorp Limited that saw it promoting seven gaming tables inside the latter’s NagaWo...
In China, a prominent government minister has reportedly announced that the nation is set to continue its crackdown on cross-border gambling and called on overseas law enforcement bodies to provide more help.
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In the wake of Japan’s passage late last year of enabling legislation that could see up to two Las Vegas-style integrated gambling resorts licensed by the beginning of 2018, members of the government are report...
Japan comes one step closer to the introduction of Integrated Resort projects with the news that the Macau-based operator Galaxy Entertainment Group (GEG) and Monte Carlo's Société des Bains de Mer (SBM) have i...
Imperial Pacific International Holdings Ltd (1076.HK), recently reported the consolidated results for the company and its subsidiaries for the year ending Dec 31, 2016, with gross revenue of HKD7.49 billion (US...
The 2016 annual report was filed this past Friday by Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd which revealed that Phases 3 and 4 of the Galaxy Macau will see virtually all of the floor areas used for non-gaming facilitie...