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.
Rodrigo Duterte, the president of the Philippines, has ordered that all gaming assets of Jack Lam Yin Lok be seized. This order was issued after Lam allegedly failed to pay the correct taxes. Local media is rep...
Japan passed a gambling bill earlier this month that approved the development of integrated resorts in the country. The casino industry is expected to create thousands of jobs and also bring in billions of doll...
In India, the small northeastern state of Nagaland has begun licensing online gaming operators for the game of poker with the first license going to K365 Web Assets Private Limited and its domain at Khelo365.co...
Over 100 construction workers employed by Sino Great Wall International (CNMI) Co. LLC have staged a protest near their worksite in Garapan, Saipan claiming they have not been compensated for three pay periods....
Japan recently passed a gambling bill that would legalize the casino industry and bring in billions of dollars in foreign investment as there are a number of global gaming operators such as Wynn Resorts, MGM Re...
In the Commonwealth Of The Northern Mariana Islands, a local construction firm is suing Imperial Pacific International Holdings Limited and its Best Sunshine International Limited subsidiary over claims that it...
Crown Resorts is shuffling the deck. The Australian gambling giant had planned a demerger of its international assets and also had plans to develop the Alon Las Vegas casino, which would have been the first Cro...
In Macau, gaming industry experts have predicted that aggregated gross gaming revenues for December could rise by as much as 14% year-on-year to top $2.5 billion thanks in large part to the improved performance...
The Philippines' largest integrated resort property, Okada Manila, will offer a soft launch and preview on December 21 with $2.4 billion invested so far in the anticipated $5 billion, 44-hactare (over 100 acre)...
In Japan, proposed legislation that would legalize casino gambling has passed through an influential House Of Councillors committee and is now expected to be put forward for a full vote by the upper house of th...
The boss for Philippines casino operator Bloomberry Resorts Corporation has reportedly suggested that his government should adopt a visa-on-arrival policy for visitors from mainland China instead of requiring s...
Philippines casino operator Bloomberry Resorts Corporation has reportedly revealed that it would be interested in opening a facility in Japan should proposed enabling legislation make it through the nation’s up...
This past weekend, it was announced via The Star that MQ Technology Bhd had partnered with Cambodian Resorts and Entertainment Co Ltd with plans to create a hotel and casino along with a theme park. The project...
Casinos in the Cotai Strip district of Macau need to address transportation issues and allow visiting players to more easily move between properties if they are to help increase their mass-market appeal.
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Asian casino operator Macau Legend Development Limited has reportedly revealed that its new Legend Palace Hotel in the Fisherman’s Wharf district of Macau is expected to begin trial operations by mid-January we...