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 Union for National Development and Good Governance-Philippines (UNLAD-Philippines) filed a lawsuit with the Supreme Court on November 7 against the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) stati...
The VinaCapital Group announced this week information in regards to a casino project the company has been working on for some time. A $4 billion integrated tourism and leisure destination is in the works in the...
Bloomberry Resorts Corp. will not be conveying their Jeju Sun Hotel and Casino property to the Iao Kun Group after the latter failed to secure financing for the deal. While confirming that the property had been...
Following over two years of deliberations, the government of Cambodia is reportedly expected to pass revised legislation for the regulation of casinos sometime in 2017 that could see a gaming commission establi...
The head of Macau’s gaming regulator has reportedly explained that he expects the city’s casinos to post improved year-on-year aggregated gross gambling revenues for 2017 thanks to the industry’s efforts at lur...
The $2.4 billion integrated casino known as Okada Manila is prepared to open in just a few weeks on 21 December. The venue is owned by businessman Antonio Cojuangco and Japanese business mogul Kazuo Okada. It w...
Macau casino stocks took a hit after it was announced that Macau’s Monetary Authority (MMA) would impose restrictions on UnionPay and other ATM withdrawals from December 10 based on instructions from China. The...
Facing a rise in the popularity of illegal online gambling among locals, the government of Cambodia has reportedly announced that it is planning to establish a central computer server specifically designed to m...
In the Philippines, an anti-corruption group has filed a petition before the Supreme Court challenging the constitutional right of the Philippine Amusement And Gaming Corporation to issue online gaming licenses...
Gaming analysts and political pundits have predicted that Japan could lift the ban on the gambling industry as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) are in favor of legalizing ‘integr...
The Anti-Money Laundering Council or AMLC is working to recover $81 million that was stolen last February. The Philippine based group is prepping civil forfeiture cases in order to gain back the funds that were...
Macau based and Hong Kong listed Jimei International Entertainment Group Limited released a statement to distance itself from its controlling shareholder and executive director Jack Lam after authorities in the...
Light rail transit is currently under construction in Macau with a section being created in the Taipa region. The system was supposed to be operational by 2019 but according to the Secretary for Transport and P...
A subsidiary of American casino operator Caesars Entertainment Corporation has reportedly reached a deal to create a new joint venture that intends to take over control of the $739 million plan to construct and...
Japan has taken another major step toward lifting the country's ban on casinos and opening what could become one of the world's most lucrative gaming markets.
On Tuesday, the lower house of the Diet (parliam...