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.
CEO of Marina Bay Sands, George Tanasijevich, said in an interview with Korea Economic Daily, that if “investment conditions are met,” Las Vegas Sands Corp. is willing to invest between 5 to 12 trillion won ($4...
Imperial Pacific is the parent company of Best Sunshine International, the company that operates the Best Sunshine Live casino on Saipan Island, a part of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI)...
Vietnam allows only foreign tourists to gamble at its casinos as locals are currently banned from gambling. There have been attempts in the past to lift the ban on local gambling but so far nothing positive has...
Leisure & Resorts World Corporation (LRWC) (LR.PS), is the latest casualty of Philippine President Rodrigo R. Duterte, as the gaming firm has been ordered by Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAG...
After announcing in July that it wanted to bring VIP gaming tables to its Studio City Casino Macau property, Melco Crown Entertainment Limited has now revealed that such high-roller operations at the Cotai Stri...
After being forced to temporarily close its doors by the Macau Government Tourism Office, the Beijing Imperial Palace Hotel has reportedly yet to start work to rectify any of the fire safety issues that led to ...
Dateline: September 1, 2016
After giving away a BMW 4 Series Gran Coupe, a BMW X3, and two (2) BMW 2 Series Active Tourers in August, the luxury car prizewave continues at the country’s one-stop, nonstop lif...
Ba Ria-Vung Tau, a province located in Vietnam’s Southeast region, has agreed in principle to permit Ho Tram Project Company to build a small airport to be used exclusively for its fully integrated Ho Tram Reso...
The Parisian Macao Casino Resort from operator Las Vegas Sands Corporation subsidiary Sands China Limited is set to open on September 13 featuring 410 live-dealer gaming tables alongside 1,600 slots.
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Following yesterday’s news that Iao Kun Group Holding Company Limited had closed its operation inside the Sands Cotai Central, fellow Macau VIP junket operator Tak Chun Group has reportedly “suspended” its high...
Vietnam saw a new draft decree promoted in June that many expected would allow Viet citizens to gamble in at least one of the country's casinos on a trial basis. Currently, only non-citizens and citizens with f...
South Korean casino operator Paradise Company Limited has released its financial results for August showing a 19.5% increase year-on-year in total casino sales to $52.6 million helped by the performance of tabl...
Solaire Resort and Casino owner and operator Bloomberry Resorts Corp (BLOOM.PS) says that the Supreme Court of the Philippines has decided in its favor regarding a corporate tax imposed by the Bureau of Interna...
After earlier reporting a 47% drop year-on-year in company-wide rolling chip volumes for the first seven months of 2016 to $2.3 billion, VIP junket operator Iao Kun Group Holding Company Limited has closed its ...
Plans have been revived by Roberto Ongpin in his efforts to use his shares of the PhilWeb Corporation to try and help the company after the Philippine amusement and Gaming Corporation rejected or seemingly igno...