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 vote to legalize casinos on Penghu, one of Taiwan’s outlying islands, was held on October 15 and close to 40 percent of the locals turned out to vote. The Penghu Election Commission released the results of ...
Authorities in China have arrested 18 Crown Resort employees and are questioning them in regards to their involvement in illegal gambling related activities. Gambling is banned in Mainland China with the except...
King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who ruled Thailand for the last 70 years, passed away on October 13 at Bangkok’s Siriraj Hospital at the age of 88. Casinos have been forbidden under the king’s reign and now that a new...
Citing unspecified “inside sources”, Asia Gaming Brief has reported that Indian conglomerate Essel Group is planning to finally open a new offshore casino in Goa christened as the Casino Maharaja.
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In the Commonwealth Of The Northern Mariana Islands, the owner of the Rota Resort And Country Club has filed a lawsuit against the Rota Casino Gaming Commission and its commissioners for allegedly prematurely c...
Penghu, one of the outlying islands in Taiwan is expected to vote on October 15 on a referendum that could allow the development of casino resorts on the island. While gambling is forbidden in Taiwan, the gover...
In 2014, it was reported that a representative of the Kimren Group, Huang Shan, was believed to have been stealing from the junket operator. The Kimiren Group operated in Macau with VIP gaming rooms located in ...
Best Sunshine International’s annual workforce plan is currently being reviewed by the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Department of Labor, according to local media sources. The company curr...
After earlier reporting that construction on its Seaside Entertainment Resorts City in Russia’s Primorsky Krai region had been delayed due to workers unexpectedly unearthing some archaeological finds, Cambodian...
With billions of dollars already invested in infrastructure and facilities for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, Russia is moving ahead with plans to populate another gambling zone, this one in the Krasnodar regi...
Macau’s casino industry went through its biggest slump after Chinese President Xi Jinping launched an anti-corruption crackdown in early 2014 which brought about the collapse of Macau’s VIP gaming market and re...
After putting PhilWeb, a top gaming technology provider based in the Philippines, through the ringer, the country has finally decided to stop a war against iGambling. The government has fought the industry for ...
A deal has been reached between Hong Kong-based Melco International Development Ltd, (HKG:0200), whose chairman is billionaire gaming mogul Lawrence Ho, and Shun Tak Holdings Limited ("The Group") (HKSE 242) th...
The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp (Pagcor) announced in September that it would be awarding offshore gaming licenses to allow operators to offer online casino games and sports betting services in the cou...
Golden Week holiday saw visits from the Chinese mainland to Macau increased to about 970,000 from October 1 through 7 with a total visitor count of about 1.15 million. Chinese visits were up 6.9 percent year on...