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 Singapore Tourism Board has revealed that the first six months of the year saw international visitor numbers to the Asian city-state increase by 10.3% year-on-year to 11.3 million.
The tourism promoter d...
Gaming analysts believe that Macau’s casino industry will not face much of an impact in the near term due to Donald Trump becoming the 45th President of the United States. Grant Govertsen, Union Gaming Analyst...
In South Korea, the ongoing political corruption scandal involving president Park Geun-Hye and under-indictment confidant Choi Soon-Sil has now reportedly ensnared local casino operator Grand Korea Leisure Comp...
The Health Bureau in Macau says that since January, 536 cases of illegal smoking inside local casinos have been prosecuted by the agency; almost 80 percent of which it says were committed by tourists, as report...
Asian casino operator Macau Legend Development Limited has released its financial results for the third quarter showing a 1.9% increase year-on-year in overall revenues to $48.68 million as its adjusted earning...
During the recent Global Lottery Monitoring System (GLMS) forum in Singapore, Chris Eaton the ex-FIFA security chief stated that Singapore was no longer the center for match-fixing in Asia as the match-fixing s...
A day after Grand Korea Leisure Company Limited reported improved third-quarter financial results and the picture is not as good for fellow South Korean casino operator Paradise Company Limited after it reporte...
Hong Kong casino tycoon Lawrence Ho gained control over Melco Crown Entertainment Ltd earlier this year after James Packer’s Crown Resorts decided to reduce its stake in the company. Melco Crown is one of the s...
Rodrigo Duterte, the President of the Philippines has created a lot of controversy within the first year of his rule as his government looks to crackdown on corruption, wage war on narcotics and clean up the co...
The SYNOT Group has announced that they are continuing their efforts in casino operations in the Asian market by opening a second gaming venue in Vietnam. This time, the Czech-based group will be offering casin...
A team from the Bangladesh Bank was in Manila Monday to start the process of moving some of the $81 million pilfered from its New York Federal Reserve in February back the central bank in Bangladesh, according ...
In Macau, a court has ordered a former casino cage manager for junket operator Dore Entertainment Company Limited to repay $12.9 million she allegedly stole from a VIP room at the Wynn Resort Casino Macau in Se...
One of the largest casino operators in Macau, MGM China Holdings Ltd, has recently released their third-quarter profits, showing a 6% decline in net revenue, as opposed to last year. In 2015, the Chinese divisi...
A loan shark syndicate was reportedly operating in Macau for at least two years before the Judiciary Police were able to make any arrests. Just this week, eleven individuals were arrested for allegedly being pa...
South Korean casino operator Grand Korea Leisure Company Limited has revealed its third-quarter financial results showing a 20.5% increase year-on-year in total revenues to $117.8 million alongside a 22.9% rise...