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.
Organizers of the Melbourne Cup, the Victoria Racing Club, are treading lightly as they prepare the first big marketing push into China on the heels of the recent Crown arrests, according to The Sydney Morning ...
India’s sole listed gambling operator, Delta Corporation Limited, has released its third-quarter financial results showing that its consolidated income from gaming operations rose by 45.8% year-on-year to reach...
After receiving a three-year exemption under the new Remote Gambling Act last month, Singapore Pools has reportedly announced that its new online gambling service has gone live offering Singapore punters the ab...
The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation has released its financial results for the nine months to the end of September showing that it achieved a 0.32% increase year-on-year in net income to $65.91 mill...
In India, activist lawyer Aires Rodrigues has reportedly filed a petition seeking to reverse a government decision to grant an offshore casino license renewal to Mumbai-based firm Golden Globe Hotels Private Li...
The head of Macau’s Gaming Inspection And Coordination Bureau regulator has reportedly announced that none of the 18 employees of Australian casino operator Crown Resorts Limited arrested and detained by Chines...
Japan has contemplated for years about changing its gaming laws that would allow integrated resorts (IR) consisting of casinos, hotels and malls to be developed in the country but so far a favorable decision ha...
The Macau Health Bureau under the leadership of its director Lei Chin Ion proposed a number of changes to the Tobacco law back in July 2015 which initially included a complete ban on smoking inside casinos. The...
Hong Kong-listed Galaxy Entertainment Group has released its unaudited financial results for the third quarter showing that it experienced a 5% increase year-on-year in overall revenues to $1.66 billion while r...
The Australian newspaper has reported that Chinese authorities have continued their crackdown on gambling promoters in Mainland China and have arrested another 10 individuals. The 10 people in custody are suspe...
Shares in South Korean casino operators Paradise Company Limited and Grand Korea Leisure Company Limited have fallen by 5.02% and 6.80% respectively after news emerged early this morning that the Chinese govern...
In the Philippines, an anti-graft and corruption watchdog has lodged a formal complaint against Cristino Naguiat, the former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer for the Philippine Amusement And Gaming Corporat...
The Macau government has sought to transform the image of Macau from being the biggest gambling hub in the world to one that was more family friendly in a bid to attract more tourists whose interests were not j...
In Macau, an appeals court has ruled as illegal an investment scheme offered by a local junket firm while additionally ordering operator Cheong Wai Leng to repay around $322,252 in cash with interest.
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Genting Malaysia Bhd announced in December 2013 that it plans to roll out a special ten year Genting Integrated Tourism Plan (GITP) that would cost the company around RM 10 billion and would involve a significa...