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.
On Friday, the United States Internal Revenue Service filed a notice of federal tax lien against Hong Kong Entertainment (Overseas) Investment Ltd. The company is the owner of the Tinian Dynasty Hotel & Cas...
In the face of growing demand from local tourists and gamblers, South Korean budget airline Jeju Air has inaugurated a new route that connects Macau to Incheon International Airport near Seoul.
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Vietnam currently does not allow local residents to gamble at any of the casinos in the country but has been discussing the possibility of amending that law for an extended period of time. A number of internati...
The Supreme Court of the Philippines has upheld its decision that declared Bloomberry Resorts and Hotels, Inc.’s (Bloomberry)(BLOOM.PS) exemption from paying a corporate tax, imposed by the Bureau of Internal R...
On Monday, Las Vegas-based MGM Resorts International (MGM.N) Chief Executive Officer James Murren said that the company could spend close to $10 billion on an integrated resort (IR) in Japan via a publicly trad...
It was recently announced that a settlement has been reached between Wynn Resorts and Leighton Contractors (Asia) over the luxury resort project known as Wynn Palace Macau. Wynn will now have to pay $121 millio...
Organizers of the Melbourne Cup, the Victoria Racing Club, are treading lightly as they prepare the first big marketing push into China on the heels of the recent Crown arrests, according to The Sydney Morning ...
India’s sole listed gambling operator, Delta Corporation Limited, has released its third-quarter financial results showing that its consolidated income from gaming operations rose by 45.8% year-on-year to reach...
After receiving a three-year exemption under the new Remote Gambling Act last month, Singapore Pools has reportedly announced that its new online gambling service has gone live offering Singapore punters the ab...
The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation has released its financial results for the nine months to the end of September showing that it achieved a 0.32% increase year-on-year in net income to $65.91 mill...
In India, activist lawyer Aires Rodrigues has reportedly filed a petition seeking to reverse a government decision to grant an offshore casino license renewal to Mumbai-based firm Golden Globe Hotels Private Li...
The head of Macau’s Gaming Inspection And Coordination Bureau regulator has reportedly announced that none of the 18 employees of Australian casino operator Crown Resorts Limited arrested and detained by Chines...
Japan has contemplated for years about changing its gaming laws that would allow integrated resorts (IR) consisting of casinos, hotels and malls to be developed in the country but so far a favorable decision ha...
The Macau Health Bureau under the leadership of its director Lei Chin Ion proposed a number of changes to the Tobacco law back in July 2015 which initially included a complete ban on smoking inside casinos. The...
Hong Kong-listed Galaxy Entertainment Group has released its unaudited financial results for the third quarter showing that it experienced a 5% increase year-on-year in overall revenues to $1.66 billion while r...