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.
Casino investor, Royal Time Group recently lost a court case seeking compensation for investments in the Azov City gaming area of Russia's Krasnodar region. The area was designated as a Gambling Zone in 2009. R...
In South Korea, the only operator to offer a casino resort to nationals is Kangwon Land Inc. Operating the Kangwon Land Casino and Hotel, the company is not happy about recent developments in regards to a secon...
In a latch ditch effort to save Philippine online games developer PhilWeb Corporation, businessman Roberto Ongpin has announced that he will be holding an auction for the 53.76% stake he holds in the enterprise...
Chief Executive Officer of SJM Holdings Limited (880:Hong Kong) Dr. Shu Fai So, also known as Ambrose So, said on Wednesday that the company hopes to open its $3.86 billion Grand Lisboa Palace integrated resort...
After announcing late last week that it had delayed the opening of its MGM Cotai Casino Resort until the second quarter of next year, MGM Resorts International has now revealed that the $3.1 billion development...
Japanese financial services giant Nomura Holdings is predicting that casinos in Macau are on track to record their smallest monthly year-on-year contraction in gross gaming revenues since February.
The firm ...
Tokyo’s first woman governor, Yuriko Koike, is in favor of opening a recreational complex, including a casino, in the Japanese capital, however, before that can happen gambling in Japan must first be legalized....
After the government announced plans earlier this month that could see it revoke up to 626 further online gaming licenses, Philippines online games developer PhilWeb Corporation has revealed that it has begun w...
Continuing pressure on its business in Macau has seen VIP junket operator Neptune Group Limited announce that it expects to remain in the red for the twelve months to the end of June.
The Hong Kong-listed firm...
Cambodian casino operator NagaCorp Limited has released its interim financial results for the first six months of 2016 showing a 24% increase year-on-year in net profit to $125.18 million.
The firm behind th...
Philippines real estate and gaming firm Belle Corporation has released its financial results for the first six months of 2016 showing an over 9.5% increase year-on-year in net profit to $19.54 million.
A sub...
The Myanmar government has decided to closely monitor the operations of two casinos which have been functioning for the last twenty years. The casinos are suspected of violating gambling regulations in the coun...
Thirteen Thai nationals have been given prison sentences after being convicted of attempting to scam the casino at Marina Bay Sands out of around $1.02 million in a case described by a judge as “unparalleled bo...
Macau casino operator SJM Holdings Limited has released its interim financial results for the first half of 2016 showing a 20.6% decline year-on-year in total revenues to $2.72 billion.
The firm behind the i...
Vietnam is finalizing legislation that will regulate wagering on international football matches as well as horse and dog racing with a draft decree now scheduled to be introduced to the government by August 15....