Asian Casino News

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.

Macau Faces Casino Employees Scarcity Ahead Of Chinese New Year

Ahead of Chinese New Year, casino workers in Macau may have to work overtime due to increased consumer demand following a three-year calm due to COVID-19, throughout which some gaming staff received promotions ...

Travel restrictions ahead of Chinese New Year impact Chinese gambling destinations

Beijing states that various countries are ''taking discriminatory entry restriction measures targeting China” after the country saw a rapid decline in COVID-19 cases and opened up to foreign countries. Chinese ...
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How the Increased Use of Mobile Phones Changed the Gambling Market

Smartphones and other gadgets have reshaped the community during the last few years, and different industries needed to change to fulfill new technological requirements. The gambling industry is not an exceptio...

Cambodia applies fresh revenue-based tax model for casinos

From December 30, 2022, Cambodia's Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) began applying the latest revenue-based rules for taxes and procedures for commercial gambling business, aka casinos, to the self-proclai...

Everygame Poker’s Free Spins Week Continues into Chinese New Year Celebrations with Betsoft’s slots

Everygame Poker, the popular poker, and casino games provider announced that all depositing players could claim free spins on four slots from Betsoft this week.  From today until January 16, players will get fr...

India to Regulate Online Betting for the First Time

India has outlined legislation that will regulate online gaming for the first time. The state authorities are seeking to address rising addiction-related complaints in this field that falls between gambling and...

Cambodia’s illegal gambling clampdown sees 606 arrested and 231 businesses closed since September

As Prime Minister Hun Sen publicly announced a clampdown on non-legal gambling on September 15, 2022, Cambodian law enforcement agencies closed 231 illegal gambling enterprises and apprehended 606 people includ...

Macau concessionaries report year-to-year casinos fee as 10-year gaming concessions start

On January 2nd, 2023, six Macau concessionaires reported that they would individually pay the Macau government a base sum of MOP750 dollars per square meter of gaming space for the first 3 years of their latest...

Cambodia’s Grand Diamond City Casino and Hotel on Fire; Many People Dead and Missing

A major fire broke out at the Grand Diamond City Casino and Hotel in Poipet, Cambodia. However, news agencies have different opinions on how many people died in the fire. Some say 16, some 19, some 10 but one t...