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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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 revenue from the first eleven months in Macau exceeded expectations, but what’s going on in December? According to JP Morgan Securities (Asia Pacific) Ltd, which shared a memo on Monday that informed the pu...
The results of the first 11 months of this fiscal year are announced, and the Macau government gathered MOP59.07 billion, or US$7.38 billion, in fiscal revenue, according to the Financial Services Bureau.
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The Government of Macau is suggesting that licensed Macau junkets be prohibited from making loans themselves to players using local casinos, according to comments made on December 15 by Macau Legislative Assemb...
November's number of visitors to Singapore was 1.1 million, which was flat on a monthly basis in comparison to October's number of 1.13 million. According to the newest figures from the Singapore Tourism Board,...
IMPERIAL Pacific International (IPI) decided to sue the Commonwealth Casino Commission (CCC) at Northern Mariana Islands, and the civil complaint was filed in federal court. The reason behind this lies in the c...
Dr Chen Lip Keong, a 76-year old tycoon from Malaysia and founder of NagaCorp, the Hong Kong-listed casino operator, died on December 8 after losing his battle with illness, according to the firm's statement. I...
Following the failure to conduct customer due diligence checks as required by the respective regulation, the gambling operator Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) has been fined US$1.67 million by the Singapore’s Gambl...
Work on ground preparation has now officially started for the planned Osaka’s integrated resort (IR) which is slated to be cited right beside the Osaka’s expo site. However, this step forward is masked by issue...
Industry analysts stay puzzled by the descending trajectory of gaming shares in Macau, which this month, or December, officially fell to their worst levels so far in 2023. In addition, neither the income nor th...
Paradise Co Ltd, one of the leading South Korean casino operators, recently filed a financial report to the Korea Exchange (KRX) to confirm that the casino generated more than KRW44.67 billion (US$34.0 million)...
Okada Manila isn’t under the status quo anymore, according to the newest information the Supreme Court released. The renowned integrated resort from Manila, Philippines, has been in the hands of its ousted form...
The Vietnamese Ministry of Planning and Investment has served a report to the Prime Minister for another integrated resort that will allow gambling activities to local population. The Ministry has reportedly pr...
The Kazakh government has revealed that it will demand every gambling operation in the country to file direct reports on the profiles and gambling activities of Kazakhstani residents.
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President of Mohegan INSPIRE Entertainment Resort, Chen Si, revealed the official opening of the resort's first stage as a real "entertainment resort in Asia." The soft opening is scheduled to occur on November...
Gross gaming revenues of the Philippine gaming industry reached the level of Php68.8 billion (US$1.24 billion) in the third quarter of 2023. The figure reportedly represents a 20.1% increase when compared to th...