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.
Macau based and Hong Kong listed Jimei International Entertainment Group Limited released a statement to distance itself from its controlling shareholder and executive director Jack Lam after authorities in the...
Light rail transit is currently under construction in Macau with a section being created in the Taipa region. The system was supposed to be operational by 2019 but according to the Secretary for Transport and P...
A subsidiary of American casino operator Caesars Entertainment Corporation has reportedly reached a deal to create a new joint venture that intends to take over control of the $739 million plan to construct and...
Japan has taken another major step toward lifting the country's ban on casinos and opening what could become one of the world's most lucrative gaming markets.
On Tuesday, the lower house of the Diet (parliam...
In the Philippines, the operator of Resorts World Manila has reportedly announced that a new pedestrian bridge it is building to link a portion of Ninoy Aquino International Airport with a site near the 1,574-r...
TDM television, a Portuguese language broadcaster recently released information about a new study conducted by a researcher from the University of Macau (UM) that analyzed Macau’s casino industry. The study loo...
Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) agents in cooperation with Angeles City police and the regional Criminal Investigation and Detection Group carried out an order issued by President Duterte to shut...
Authorities in the Philippines arrested over 1,000 Chinese nationals who were alleged to have been involved in illegal online gambling operations and violating their working visas. Local media reports stated th...
The South Korean casino industry has continued to grow steadily during the last couple of years and Jeju casinos have played a significant role in this growth as Jeju Island is close to the China border and off...
In order to help improve the fate of its 18 employees currently under arrest in China after being detained in October, Crown Resorts Limited has been urged to make a clear confession to local authorities and be...
After failing to begin work in September to rectify a series of fire safety issues that had led to its earlier closure, the Beijing Imperial Palace Hotel has now reportedly revealed that it has been given until...
The Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority has announced that it anticipates earning fee incomes of around $750 million as a result of its involvement in the proposed Inspire Integrated Resort being planned for South ...
In Japan, proposed legislation that would legalize casino gambling passed through an influential House Of Representatives committee on Friday despite a walk-out staged by critics opposed to the government’s rap...
Despite earlier announcing that its Casino Jai Alai venue would re-open for business before the end of the year, Macau casino operator SJM Holdings Limited has now reportedly revealed that the venue is not expe...
Macau’s casino industry appears to be finally witnessing a turnaround after the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau reported that gross gaming revenue (GGR) in the world’s biggest gambling hub had gone up...