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.
In Macau, the opening date for the giant MGM Cotai has reportedly been pushed back for a third time with operator MGM China Holdings Limited now not expecting to welcome guests to the $3.1 billion hotel and cas...
In the Philippines, authorities have reportedly begun deporting more than 1,000 Chinese nationals that were allegedly found to have been working at an illegal online gaming hub owned by businessman Jack Lam.
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In Macau, Wynn Macau Limited and Sands China Limited have each reportedly been granted permission to operate 25 new live-dealer gaming tables after applying for authorization under the provisions of a governmen...
The Macau Government Tourism Office held an annual press conference this week, which resulted in statistics provided, including the fact that 2016 was a record year for tourists to the area. For 2016, Macau saw...
After suffering through 26 months of decline, the previous five months have seen the casino market in Macau post improvements in aggregated gross gambling revenues and this has reportedly helped some of the fig...
After months of delays, Indian casino operator Delta Corporation Limited has finally received a provisional license to operate a casino in the small north-eastern state of Sikkim and now intends to open its Cas...
Hong Kong-listed Imperial Pacific International Holdings, (HKEx:1076) the sole Saipan casino license holder, is expected to officially announce a reorganization of the board soon. CEO Mark Brown will become cha...
Beginning in March, travelers in Taichung will have direct access to Macau thanks to a new route provided by Tigerair Taiwan. The budget carrier, a subsidiary of China Airlines of Taiwan, announced yesterday th...
Beijing Imperial Palace hotel in Taipa was closed in July 2016 due to uncorrected health and safety violations after several attempts by the Macau Tourism Office to encourage repairs. Last week the hotel lost i...
Following investigations into lapses in the payment of taxes in small town lottery (STL) in the Philippines, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has decided to crack down on illegal online casinos. The move comes s...
Less than 3 months after Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc officially greenlighted a three-year trial run of permitting Vietnamese citizens to legally gamble in the country, the first details about the...
A new survey has indicated that gambling remains the main reason most mainland Chinese tourists visit Macau although non-gaming activities are increasingly becoming an important draw factor.
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Billionaire casino magnate Sheldon Adelson has reportedly settled a libel lawsuit he had brought against a reporter from The Wall Street Journal newspaper regarding a 2012 article in which he was described as “...
After completing a series of deals that saw it gain control of 72% of the casino inside the Jeju KAL Hotel in South Korea, Chinese real estate developer and operator New Silkroad Culturaltainment Limited has an...
Global Gaming Expo Asia (G2E Asia) held a press conference on Tuesday at the luxurious Banyan Tree Macau to announce the focus of the exhibition and conference to be held May 16-18, 2017, at the Venetian Macao....