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.
Okada Manila casino resort will be the recipient of money raised from two exercises for disposal of treasury shares, according to an announcement by Universal Entertainment Corp (6425:Tokyo) on Thursday.
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In a filing to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) on Friday, Silver Heritage Group Ltd, which operates and manages casinos and gaming assets in Vietnam, Nepal, Cambodia, and Laos, accepted the resignation...
Paradise SegaSammy Co., Ltd. investor, Sega Sammy Holdings Inc., a pachinko operator based in Tokyo, today announced that Phase I of their long-awaited integrated resort, known as Paradise City, would open in I...
According to a Wednesday filing with the Philippines Stock Exchange, Philweb Corp. (PSE:WEB) is looking to acquire 15 e-Games cafes from the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (PAGCOR) by tendering 7.5 mill...
In the small Indian state of Goa, Wednesday saw the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party government grant a sixth offshore casino license after being given a 24-hour deadline by the Mumbai High Court.
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Philippine Senator Richard Gordon announced during a recent senate hearing that he wishes to see a new regulator created for the regulation of online gaming in the Philippines. Gordon feels that a new regulator...
Although it may appear as if the first casino in Russia's Primorski Krai, Tigre de Cristal near Vladivostock, may have gotten off to a slow start, that may be a matter of perspective.
GGRAsia is reporting th...
Plans for a proposed casino in the city of Cagayan de Oro in the Philippines are sparking interests beyond those of Limketkai and Sons Inc., said City Councilor Zaldy Ocon on Monday.
Local news agency SunSta...
Having allegedly kidnapped, illegally detained, and withheld the passports of three men, four Chinese nationals including a Poipet City casino owner were recently arrested by the Phnom Penh municipal military p...
South Korean casino operator Paradise Company Limited has released its financial results for February showing that gaming revenues from its five foreigner-only venues had increased by 13.5% year-on-year to reac...
Since late 2014, smoking on the gaming floors of Macau casinos has been strictly forbidden, yet the ban has seemingly not been strictly enforced. The only exception for smoking in gaming venues is the VIP rooms...
In India, casino operator Delta Corporation Limited has reportedly received approval from shareholders at Gaussian Networks to purchase the firm behind online poker website Adda52.com for approximately $22 mill...
After last week entering into negotiations to offload its Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem property in Pennsylvania, Las Vegas Sands Corporation has now reportedly announced that it remains interested in developin...
In Macau, February reportedly saw monthly aggregated gross gaming revenues significantly exceed previous predictions from several industry analysts and record a seventh consecutive increase to $2.88 billion.
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Saipan operators Imperial Pacific International have suffered a large drop in VIP turnover in February, only a month after hitting a record high, according to news reports from a recent Honk Kong Stock Exchange...