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.
In the Commonwealth Of The Northern Mariana Islands, casino operator Imperial Pacific International Holdings Limited has announced that it has not received any notification to suggest that it is being investiga...
Macau casinos reported approximately 44,000 more instances of refusing entry to underage individuals in the first ten months of this year than all of 2015, according to Portuguese news agency Lusa.
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The head of the government in Macau has given a conservative aggregated gross gaming revenues forecast for next year that is around 13% below some analysts’ 2017 estimates despite a recent recovery that has see...
The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation released the gaming revenue numbers for casinos in Manila showing an increase for Q3 2016. The figures were reported on Monday and showed that the country was abl...
Known for being the only street circuit racing event in which both motorcycle and car races are held, the 63rd Macau Grand Prix kicks off on Thursday in Macau.
Officially named the Suncity Group 63rd Macau G...
The 13 Holdings Limited has released its financial results for the six months to the end of September showing a 29.6% decrease year-on-year in total revenues to $394.47 million while its gross profit improved b...
After announcing last month that it intends to “reapply” for licenses to operate its network of e-Games-branded parlors, Philippines online games developer PhilWeb Corporation has now reportedly revealed that i...
Proposed legislation that would legalize casino gaming in Japan is reportedly not likely to pass through the current session of the Asian nation’s parliament this year due to time constraints and the effects of...
Universal Entertainment which is led by Japanese tycoon Kazuo Okada recently confirmed that their $2.4 billion Okada Manila casino resort in the Philippines will open before the end of December 2016. The multi-...
After publicly endorsing Hillary Clinton in August, Jim Murren, Chief Executive Officer for MGM Resorts International, has now speculated that the presidency of Donald Trump could well hurt American casino inte...
Asian casino operator Genting Singapore has reportedly signed a deal that will see it sell its interests in a coming development for South Korea’s Jeju Island so that it can better focus on its Singapore busine...
Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India, caught the nation off-guard when he announced on November 9 that 500 and 1000 rupee notes would be demonetized from November 10 and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) wo...
The six licensed casino operators in Macau have reportedly revealed that VIP games accounted for only 44% of their aggregated gross gaming revenues during the third quarter while the mass-market segment grew by...
In Macau, local casino giant SJM Holdings Limited has reportedly revealed that its re-opening Casino Jai Alai will feature “about 30 to 40” mass-market gaming tables due to be transferred from the firm’s existi...
Crown Resorts Ltd has announced that one of eighteen employees detained in China last month was released on Friday. The eighteen employees were detained by authorities in China for suspected gambling crimes. Th...