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.
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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.
LIV Golf, the newest professional golf tour funded by the Public Investment Fund, which is the sovereign wealth fund of Saudi Arabia, reported today that Resorts World Sentosa, a renowned lifestyle destination ...
The Philippine casino sector continued growth in the fourth quarter of 2022 to generate almost PHP56.01 billion (US$1.02 billion) in gross gaming revenue (GGR) as of December 31. This level exceeds the third qu...
There is some good news regarding the gambling market in Macau. As Wong Sio Chak, Secretary for Security in Macau revealed on Friday, gaming-related crime decreased significantly in 2022.
Compared to the pr...
Bloomberry Resorts Corporation, a gaming, entertainment, tourism and hotel holding company based in Phillipines, has publicly announced a net profit of Php1.1 billion, which is approximately 20.0 million US dol...
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Gross gaming revenue (GGR) accomplished by Macau’s casinos in February amounted to MOP10.32 billion ($1.27 billion), which is the third-best monthly GGR performance since January 2020 regardless of the end of t...
Century Entertainment International Holdings Ltd, a former junket investor from Macau, agreed upon a new five-year deal with Ng Man Sun, the company’s Chairman and CEO. They agreed to start operating in Dara Sa...
With the easing of COVID-19 measures in Macau, gaming companies are no longer requiring customers and employees to wear masks when trying to set foot in casinos.
Macau government decision:
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Following Mohegan's report earlier this month that it was working to introduce non-gaming entertainment at the Inspire resort in South Korea by the end of this year and a casino in early 2024, Mohegan Gaming an...
A reputable gaming operator, Genting Singapore, has reported an 85% profit increase in its Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) property in the financial year 2022. The operator and the owner of the property benefited f...
The gaming tax collected by the Macau SAR Government in 2022 fell to only 55.9% of the sum the authorities predicted would be collected, which is approximately MOP19.1 billion, aka US$2.37 billion.
Macau's l...
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The budget for the following fiscal year is all set by Osaka's prefectural and city authorities. The officials agreed to distribute JPY600 million, or US$4.5 million. They are planning to spend that part of the...
The first-ever brick-and-mortar casino dates back to 1636, when a gambling house in Venice, Italy, began operating to provide a place where gambling could be enjoyed in a controlled environment.
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Universal Entertainment Corp (UE), a leading Japanese casino corporation, achieved an US$86.5 million profit for the last year ending on 31 December 2022 after a loss amounting to US$144 million sustained in 20...