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.
A study is already underway by the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation to look into the possibility of selling over 40 productive assets in an effort to end a conflict of interest that is coming into pl...
After an annual stockholders’ meeting on Thursday, Sept 29, Kingson U. Sian, the president and chief operating officer of Alliance Global Group Inc. (AGI) (AGI:PM) told reporters that by June of 2017, the compa...
September saw casinos in Macau post a better-than-expected 7.4% increase year-on-year in combined monthly gross gaming revenues due in part to the VIP segment likely reporting its first rise in takings in some ...
Casino owners in Macau are bracing themselves for a potential downturn in VIP high-stakes business following news that Chinese Premier Li Keqiang may be about to pay an official visit to the former Portuguese c...
Singapore will once again be offering online gambling by this October thanks to an exemption being made within the Remote Gambling Act. The Remote Gambling Act was put into play in Singapore back in February of...
As the Asian casino market continues to grow at a rapid pace, global casino operators are keeping a close watch on Japan as lawmakers in the country are pushing for the ban on the casino industry to be lifted. ...
After suspending the previous deal following a dispute with the original contractor, the Transportation Infrastructure Office has re-launched the tender for the contract to construct a Light Rapid Transit depot...
In Macau, a jobs fair held by MGM China Holdings Limited on Monday saw the casino operator hire more than 200 people to work on a non-contract basis across seven departments at its soon-to-open MGM Casino Cotai...
The Gaming Inspection And Coordination Bureau (DICJ) of Macau has reportedly revealed that it has reached a preliminary consensus regarding the introduction of new rules that would prohibit gaming workers from ...
Luxury automobile manufacturer Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Limited has announced the handover of 30 specially-commissioned Phantom cars to luxury entrepreneur Stephen Hung, Joint Chairman for The 13 Holdings Limited...
Four casino employees have been arrested and charged with fraud and engaging in illegal gambling practices for their alleged involvement in a scheme that reportedly swindled a VIP gaming room in an unnamed Maca...
After becoming the latest casualty of new Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte a few weeks ago and being ordered to close 53 of its 137 bingo and electronic games parlors, operator Leisure And Resorts World Cor...
Bloomberry Resorts Corporation is refuting a claim that it has agreed to extend the closing date for the sale of its Jeju Sun Hotel And Casino in South Korea to Macau-based VIP junket operator Iao Kun Group Hol...
A referendum will be on the ballot this October asking Penghu voters whether or not casinos should be allowed in the country. On Monday, several individuals held a demonstration outside the Legislative Yuan in ...
The future of The Landmark Hotel and its associated Pharaohs Palace Casino is uncertain after the Friday deadline for a previously announced acquisition agreement passed without a final deal being concluded.
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