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 BJP led Goa state government has faced a lot of flak during the last 12 months over its leadership and decision making on the state’s casino industry. Goa is one of the three states in India to allow casino...
The Jeju Dream Tower of Jeju Island has now chosen a builder, with China State Construction Engineering Corporation to be at the helm. The 700 billion won resort will consist of multiple complexes, owned by the...
On Tuesday, gaming investor Imperial Pacific International Holdings Ltd (HKG: 1076), which holds a casino license for the Pacific Island of Saipan, said its subsidiaries engaged in other business segments are b...
Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation Head Cristino Naguiat Jr. recently spoke with reporters, defending the gambling industry, stating that casinos are not the easiest venue for criminals to launder fund...
The latest reports of gaming revenues from Macau show the gambling city continues to fall short of revenue estimates, with 22 consecutive months of declines. The Macau Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau ...
Even though Goa’s floating casinos are a huge source of income for the country, their existence causes lots of problems for the government. The latest news related to the four such facilities reveal that the st...
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A local source reports that Best Sunshine International, owned by Imperial-Pacific, has been eyeing an idle piece of property owned by the Northern Marianas Housing Corp. (NMHC...
On Tuesday, Fernando Chui Sai, the Chief Executive of Macau, spoke to local media, stating that the government of Macau is not currently interested in increasing the visitor arrivals from mainland China. The go...
Last Friday the exclusive sales agent representing the Government of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic San Marco Capital Partners (SMC) revealed the results of the qualification process for bidders intereste...
Macau’s casino industry saw a decline of 34.3 percent in gross gaming revenue during 2015 and Pharaoh’s Palace Casino had similar margins, witnessing a drop of 34.7 percent in gross gaming revenue, bringing in ...
The Parisian Macao is currently under construction in Cotai and once finished, will be in need of employees to fill a variety of positions. Sands China Ltd has now announced they have hired over 600 individuals...
In a filing with the Hong Kong stock Exchange this week Lippo Worldwide Investments stated that it was in negotiations with Caesars Entertainment over a possible sale of its stake in their planned $739 million ...
A heretofore unheard of Malaysian company has plans to buy up every available land plot in the West Port free economic zone of Sihanoukville, Cambodia and create a "casino city" to rival Macau. According to a ...
A recent filing by Jimei International Entertainment Group Ltd. with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange indicates that the company plans to develop an integrated-entertainment complex in Cambodia with two other parti...
The most obvious solution to revive Macau’s struggling casino industry is to stop the anti-corruption crackdown and bring back VIP gamblers from Mainland China. Since that is not likely to happen in the near fu...