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 casino law of Saipan, specifically P.L. 18-56, could be amended soon if a new measure introduced by Representative Blas Jonathan Attao is approved. The measure was introduced as a way to amend the casino la...
While the Japanese government’s enactment of “Act Promoting Implementation of Specified Integrated Resort Areas” late last month will allow high stakes gambling in Japan for the first time, currently, public sp...
Casinos located in the seaside province of Sihanoukville have been asked by the deep-water port city’s Governor Yun Min to start enforcing laws that prohibit locals from gambling in Cambodian casinos, according...
On April 3, 2017, Kuala Lumpur-based Podiumspot Capital Group's CEO, Mr. Tim Leonard will reveal some of the unique features that will set the world's largest casino cruise ship, Crusino, apart from any other. ...
In Macau, the Statistics And Census Service has announced that the number of tourists visiting in 2016 increased by 0.8% year-on-year to 30.95 million while the average occupancy rate for the city’s 107 hotels ...
In the wake of Japan’s passage of enabling legislation that it is hoped will legalize integrated gambling resorts by the beginning of next year, global casino operators have reportedly stepped up their efforts ...
Asian casino operator Macau Legend Development Limited has reportedly declared that it hopes to open its new Legend Palace Hotel in the Fisherman’s Wharf district of Macau “as early as possible” after recently ...
American casino giant Las Vegas Sands Corporation has released its financial results for the twelve months to the end of December showing a 2.3% decrease year-on-year in overall revenues to $11.41 billion while...
Wynn Macau Limited, the Asian arm of Wynn Resorts Ltd, saw a 26.6% decline in year-on-year profits for the fourth quarter of 2016, according to a recently posted financial report from the company. The drop in p...
In a recent filing with JASDAQ Securities Exchange, Universal Entertainment Corp (6425:Tokyo) said sales at the Okada Manila casino resort “are currently expanding on a daily basis,” according to the GGRAsia re...
Last week’s decision by Vietnam to partially lift its long-standing ban on locals gambling at casinos in the Asian nation could reportedly help to spell the “death knell” for numerous border casinos in neighbor...
In an effort to eradicate illegal gambling in the Philippines, on Tuesday, the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) officially launched its expanded Small Town Lottery (STL), according to local sources....
In Thailand, police reportedly arrested four South Korean men over the weekend for operating an alleged illegal online sportsbetting operation out of a rented house in the resort city of Pattaya.
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In the Philippines, the Philippines Amusement And Gaming Corporation regulator has reportedly disclosed that controversial Chinese businessman Jack Lam owes the state around $278.3 million in unpaid licensing f...
In Macau, the government has reportedly pushed forward by almost three years the deadline to its requirement that at least 85% of all middle and upper-level casino management positions be filled by local reside...