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.
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The Macau Jockey Club (MJC) registered a loss of MOP88 million (US$11 million) for the last fiscal year, continuing to eat into corporate capital. Portuguese-language publication Hoje Macau has reportedly note...
In order to raise money to support the P3.4-trillion national budget for 2017, Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp.’s (PAGCOR) casinos will be sold by the government.
PAGCOR chairperson and one-time Pampang...
Mactan Leisure City, to be located in Lapu-Lapu City, just off Cebu, is scheduled to break ground in January, according to a report filed by Calata Corp. (CAL) with the Philippines stock exchange Friday. The pr...
Uber investors saw at least $2 billion wiped off their balance sheet over the last two years from their so-far failed China venture, according to a Bloomberg report. Reuters reported this week that the ride hai...
The end result of president Duterte's crackdown on gambling in the country might not be a concern for the integrated resort casinos in Manila and Entertainment City. A recent report in GGRAsia quotes CLSA Ltd ...
Krasnaya Polyana (Красная Поляна) will be the name of the newly minted Russian gambling zone to replace doomed Azov City, according to media reports coming out of the former Soviet state. The "Gorky Gorod" ski ...
Galaxy Entertainment Group (HKEx stock code: 27) seems to have mastered the difficult Macau market ahead of its competitors and was able to post impressive numbers in their Interim Results for 1H 2016. Perhaps ...
After having discussed the possibility of approving a casino in either one of the outlying island chains of Penghu for a number of years, following a county election committee decision on Monday, a referendum a...
Genting Hong Kong Ltd (hk:678) partnered with the Alliance Global Group Inc in the Philippines to form the Travellers International Hotel Group Inc which is the company that operates Resorts World Manila, situ...
The number of people employed in the Macau casino industry during the second quarter dropped slightly when compared with the same three-month period in 2016 although average salaries experienced a minimal incre...
Pagcor, the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation who owns and operates casinos and delegates land based casino licenses in the most populated areas of the country, may be getting into the online gambling...
It is the opinion of the Philippine Department of Finance (DOF) that the country’s gaming regulator, Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR), should operate only in a regulatory capacity and allow ...
Hong Kong based Imperial Pacific International Holdings is the parent company of Best Sunshine International, operating Best Sunshine Live temporary casino in Saipan a part of the Commonwealth of the Northern M...
The most senior law enforcement official in Macau has revealed that the number of criminal offences related to gambling or casinos during the first six months of 2016 grew by 13.5% year-on-year to 814 while ove...
Philippines farming products distributor Calata Corporation has announced plans to team up with American firm Sino-America Gaming Investment Group and British Virgin Islands-registered Macau Resources Group Lim...