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.
The U.S. leads the world in gambling losses by country with Americans losing $116.9 billion last year, according to The Economist’s citing of data from U.K.-based H2 Gambling Capital (H2G), a betting and gaming...
Expected to host festivities on the February 17, visitors who anticipated a grand opening of all facilities at Okada Manila this week, will have to wait just a little bit longer as the festivities have now been...
In an attempt to diversify its business base away from casinos, money-handling machines innovator Japan Cash Machine Company Limited is reportedly eager to begin selling more currency-checking technology in eme...
New figures from some of the casinos in Vietnam have reportedly revealed that last month’s decision by authorities in the Asian nation to partially lift their long-standing ban on locals gambling could not have...
The Chairwoman and CEO of the Philippines Amusement and Gaming Corp has denied being offered a bribe from Macau-based gaming scion Jack Lam. Andrea Domingo, the current Pagcor chief, did acknowledge that she me...
In China, the giant Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge is reportedly expected to be completed this year and span a 31-mile section of the Pearl River Delta to link the cities of Macau and Hong Kong.
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In the Philippines, lawmakers reportedly look set to require the nation’s land-based casinos to observe more stringent anti-money laundering rules following last year’s alleged laundering of funds electronicall...
After lawmakers in Japan passed enabling legislation late last year that could see up to three integrated casino resorts legalized from the beginning of 2019, Osaka has reportedly become the first city to offic...
Government stakeholders in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands casino industry are getting specialized training in a variety of subjects including regulatory compliance and criminal investigations ...
In a Thursday press release, Fitch Ratings said they have not assigned a rating to US$70 million in 8.5% per annum unsecured notes that Hong Kong-listed Imperial Pacific International Holdings Limited said they...
A plan by local business, Limketkai Sons Inc., for the creation of a casino within the company’s commercial complex located in the city of Cagayan de Oro in the Philippines is being met with disapproval by the ...
Senator Francis Escudero has now questioned the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation’s (Pagcor) authority over online gambling, as reported by the Manila Times. He claims that it is still unclear who reg...
In the Philippines, the Casablanca Casino inside the Hotel Stotsenberg has reportedly been forced to close with the loss of 200 jobs after its new owner was unable to meet an escrow requirement from the Philipp...
A new decree released by the Vietnam government on Friday, allows Vietnamese punters to bet on international football matches from the end of March, according to local sources.
While there are some 30 casino...
After announcing in October that it intended to open its new Tiger Palace Resort later this month, Asian casino operator Silver Heritage Group has now delayed the launch after encountering “temporary unexpected...