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.
After the government announced plans earlier this month that could see it revoke up to 626 further online gaming licenses, Philippines online games developer PhilWeb Corporation has revealed that it has begun w...
Continuing pressure on its business in Macau has seen VIP junket operator Neptune Group Limited announce that it expects to remain in the red for the twelve months to the end of June.
The Hong Kong-listed firm...
Cambodian casino operator NagaCorp Limited has released its interim financial results for the first six months of 2016 showing a 24% increase year-on-year in net profit to $125.18 million.
The firm behind th...
Philippines real estate and gaming firm Belle Corporation has released its financial results for the first six months of 2016 showing an over 9.5% increase year-on-year in net profit to $19.54 million.
A sub...
The Myanmar government has decided to closely monitor the operations of two casinos which have been functioning for the last twenty years. The casinos are suspected of violating gambling regulations in the coun...
Thirteen Thai nationals have been given prison sentences after being convicted of attempting to scam the casino at Marina Bay Sands out of around $1.02 million in a case described by a judge as “unparalleled bo...
Macau casino operator SJM Holdings Limited has released its interim financial results for the first half of 2016 showing a 20.6% decline year-on-year in total revenues to $2.72 billion.
The firm behind the i...
Vietnam is finalizing legislation that will regulate wagering on international football matches as well as horse and dog racing with a draft decree now scheduled to be introduced to the government by August 15....
This just in: Bloomberg reports that Pagcor will not renew Philweb's license. “We won’t cancel it but we won’t renew it,” Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. Chief Executive Officer Andrea Domingo told the me...
In Indonesia, counter-terrorism police have arrested six suspected militants on charges that they were allegedly planning to launch a rocket attack on downtown Singapore and its Marina Bay district from a nearb...
Rizal Commercial Banking Corp (RCBC) in the Philippines made the news earlier this year for its role in the $81 million heist from Bangladesh’s central bank. The funds were hacked from the central bank’s accoun...
MGM Resorts International has pushed back the opening date for its new MGM Cotai Casino Resort by three months while additionally explaining that the budget for the giant development is due to rise slightly.
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The temporary Saipan casino from Hong Kong-listed Imperial Pacific International Holdings saw its rolling chip volumes hit approximately $1.74 billion for July while the figure for the first seven months of the...
The SMX Convention Center of Pasay City hosted a job fair for the new Okada Manila, a casino resort that is expected to open this November. The job fair was hosted in an effort to recruit as many as 8,000 indiv...
South Korea has seventeen casinos and only the Kangwon Land casino resort in Kangwon province allows locals to gamble. The casino industry in South Korea has continued to thrive during the last couple of years ...