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.
Best Sunshine International, a subsidiary of Hong Kong based Imperial Pacific is responsible for running the Best Sunshine Live on Saipan, which is a part of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CN...
After announcing last month that it had closed its high-roller operations at the Sands Cotai Central, the StarWorld Casino And Hotel Resort and the Galaxy Macau Casino, VIP junket operator Iao Kun Group Holding...
NagaCorp Ltd is a developer and operator of casinos, listed in Hong Kong that recently reported their betting volumes for the first nine months of the year. NagaCorp was able to see double-digit growth for year...
Sanum Investments, a subsidy of Lao Holdings NV, which formerly managed the Savan Vegas Hotel and Casino located in the Savannakhet Province of Laos, has successfully argued its legal case against the governmen...
Since opening on August 22, the new $4.2 billion Wynn Palace Cotai resort casino from Wynn Resorts Limited has reportedly experienced a “slow ramp-up” of its mass-market gaming operations.
According to Monda...
Russian Gaming Week Sochi is an international forum for representatives of gambling businesses and related industries. It will be held on the Sochi coast of Russia on October 27, 2016. Organizers continue to re...
The Financial Action Task Force is considering blacklisting the Philippines if the government does not include casinos within the Anti-Money Laundering Act. Known as the AMLA, the Anti-Money Laundering Council ...
The Las Vegas Sands Corp is trying to recover $6.4 million in gambling debts from two VIP Chinese gamblers who blew millions in just a couple of days playing baccarat – a game that is very popular with Chinese ...
A study is already underway by the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation to look into the possibility of selling over 40 productive assets in an effort to end a conflict of interest that is coming into pl...
After an annual stockholders’ meeting on Thursday, Sept 29, Kingson U. Sian, the president and chief operating officer of Alliance Global Group Inc. (AGI) (AGI:PM) told reporters that by June of 2017, the compa...
September saw casinos in Macau post a better-than-expected 7.4% increase year-on-year in combined monthly gross gaming revenues due in part to the VIP segment likely reporting its first rise in takings in some ...
Casino owners in Macau are bracing themselves for a potential downturn in VIP high-stakes business following news that Chinese Premier Li Keqiang may be about to pay an official visit to the former Portuguese c...
Singapore will once again be offering online gambling by this October thanks to an exemption being made within the Remote Gambling Act. The Remote Gambling Act was put into play in Singapore back in February of...
As the Asian casino market continues to grow at a rapid pace, global casino operators are keeping a close watch on Japan as lawmakers in the country are pushing for the ban on the casino industry to be lifted. ...
After suspending the previous deal following a dispute with the original contractor, the Transportation Infrastructure Office has re-launched the tender for the contract to construct a Light Rapid Transit depot...