Asian Casino News

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.

Melco Opens Foreigner-Only Gaming Areas In Its Macau Facilities

Lawrence Ho, the Chairman and CEO of Asian casino operator Melco Resorts, confirmed Thursday that the company has now opened three gaming areas of its Macau-based casinos exclusively to be used by foreign playe...

MGM China Reports US$666 Million Profit Drop In 2022

MGM China, a Macau-based flagship developer, owner and operator of gaming resorts and accommodation in the Greater China region, officially announced overnight a decline in group-wide profit of HK$5.23 billion,...

Summit Ascent Faces Contingencies and Records Growth at Tigre de Cristal Casino in Russia

Asian casino operator Summit Ascent Holdings announced a $200 million expansion of its Russian-integrated resort Tigre de Cristal earlier. Last year, the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine po...

Philippine Senator Recommends Banning POGOs Within 3 Months

Philippine Senator Sherwin Gatchalian, chairman of the Senate’s Committee on Ways and Means, recommended the country's government to officially shut down Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs), which are ...

Genting Gets US$1.5 Billion Bid for Miami Property, Continues New York Developments

Malaysian top-tier gaming operator, Genting Berhad, has recently announced the sale of 16 acres of land of its premium Miami real estate property. According to the Bloomberg report cited by IAG, the casino gian...

Marina Bay Sands US$3.3 Billion Expansion Project Postponed to April 2024

The kick-off of the US$3.3 billion expansion project announced in 2019 for the exclusive hotel-casino resort Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands has been postponed by 12 months again. The project having been scheduled...

AMLC Study Reveals Unknown Number Of Phillipine Junket Operators’ Failure to Report Suspicious Transactions

The Philippine Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) has officially released a study on suspicious transactions connected with casino junkets, which revealed many examples of junket operators who didn’t report c...
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Deal with PH Resorts Group Terminated by Bloomberry Resorts Corp

It was announced on Wednesday that Solaire Resort’s parent company, Bloomberry Resorts Corp, terminated the deal related to acquiring a stake in integrated resort developments in Cebu and Clark, owned by PH Res...