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 110 acres (44 hectar) casino and hotel resort in Entertainment City, Manila, the Okada Manila, will delay its November soft opening, according to local news reports. The $2.4 billion investment was supposed...
Casinos in India are currently legalized only in Sikkim, Goa and Daman but in recent times a number of other states such as Karnataka, Kerala and Maharashtra have all expressed interest in discussing the legali...
As legislators in Japan decide whether to pass legislation to legalize resort casinos, police in Kanagawa Prefecture have announced that they recently busted an illegal baccarat venue that had reportedly racked...
In the Philippines, online games developer PhilWeb Corporation has reportedly announced that it intends to “reapply” for licenses to operate its network of e-Games parlors.
According to a report from GGRAsia...
The South Korean casino market is one of the fastest growing gambling markets in Asia and the Kangwon Land casino resort in Kangwon province is the most profitable casino in the country. This comes as no surpri...
After recording two months of year-on-year growth following 26 months of consecutive declines, combined casino gross gaming revenues in Macau are beginning to show sustained performance in October thanks to an ...
Hong Kong-listed casino operator Galaxy Entertainment Group has revealed that its Galaxy Macau Casino Resort has reported better than expected customer numbers and expenditure over the first three days of the G...
Best Sunshine International, a subsidiary of Hong Kong based Imperial Pacific is responsible for running the Best Sunshine Live on Saipan, which is a part of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CN...
After announcing last month that it had closed its high-roller operations at the Sands Cotai Central, the StarWorld Casino And Hotel Resort and the Galaxy Macau Casino, VIP junket operator Iao Kun Group Holding...
NagaCorp Ltd is a developer and operator of casinos, listed in Hong Kong that recently reported their betting volumes for the first nine months of the year. NagaCorp was able to see double-digit growth for year...
Sanum Investments, a subsidy of Lao Holdings NV, which formerly managed the Savan Vegas Hotel and Casino located in the Savannakhet Province of Laos, has successfully argued its legal case against the governmen...
Since opening on August 22, the new $4.2 billion Wynn Palace Cotai resort casino from Wynn Resorts Limited has reportedly experienced a “slow ramp-up” of its mass-market gaming operations.
According to Monda...
Russian Gaming Week Sochi is an international forum for representatives of gambling businesses and related industries. It will be held on the Sochi coast of Russia on October 27, 2016. Organizers continue to re...
The Financial Action Task Force is considering blacklisting the Philippines if the government does not include casinos within the Anti-Money Laundering Act. Known as the AMLA, the Anti-Money Laundering Council ...
The Las Vegas Sands Corp is trying to recover $6.4 million in gambling debts from two VIP Chinese gamblers who blew millions in just a couple of days playing baccarat – a game that is very popular with Chinese ...