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 Macau government has been pushing casino operators for the last 18 months to diversify their portfolio and expand their non-gaming offerings so that their casinos have a better family friendly environment. ...
Jimei Casino located within the Grand Lapa is one of the smaller casinos in Macau and recently decided to experiment with the concept of launching a VIP Slot room targeting high rollers from Mainland China. Con...
Sheldon Adelson, chairman and chief executive of well established Macau operator Sands China Ltd, expressed confidence that the company’s latest project in the hub would be as successful as its sister facility ...
A probe by the U.S. tied to possible money laundering is reviewing whether the Western Union Co. was aware of gaming transactions involving other nations, and if the firm had sufficient safeguards against such ...
Well established Macau casino operator Sands China Limited revealed a 43% drop in net profit for 2015. The report wasn’t received with much surprise taken into account the overall market slowdown that struck th...
For the second time this year, the VIP gaming room of L’Arc Macau is subject to theft. The venue is currently involved in an investigation where it has been alleged the embezzlement has taken place, with HK$1 m...
On Thursday MGM Resorts International said that due to the struggling casino business in Macau and the planned openings in the region of other multi-billion dollar resorts, it would delay the opening of its $3 ...
In the Cotai district, the Parisian Macao resort is not near completion, despite having a requirement to be completed by April of this year. The Macau government has now given Sands China Ltd an extension to co...
The Transport Bureau of Macau is reporting that the bus routes of casino shuttles could be cut from 80 to less than 50. The regularity of the services from the shuttles may also be cut 20%, as many feel that to...
During the period of Chinese New Year, Resorts World Sentosa decided to lay off as many as 30 employees. In Singapore, the casino decided to cut several staff members including cashiers on the gaming floor as w...
A copy of newly drafted rules drawn up by the state home ministry has been received by the Home Department of Goa. The new rules that will likely take effect on April 1, will prevent individuals under 21 years ...
Casinos in Aqaba, the Jordanian port on the Red Sea's Gulf of Aqaba, as well as other areas of development are being considered to be licensed by Jordan’s Vice Prime Minster Ali Abu al-Ragheb. The casinos would...
Melco Crown is a gaming operator in Macau who recently announced efforts to step up security measures to try and thwart individuals who are banned from their properties from entering. City of Dreams and Studio ...
A report in the Saipan Tribune confirms a note from Bridge Investment Group CEO, Phillip Mendiola-Long that although the U.S. Department of the Navy maintains the right to use the Port of Tinian in the Norther...
The 2016 Chinese New Year has seen an increase in visitors to Macau during the holiday, with a 4.8% increase based in 2015 numbers. Macau’s Public Security Police have released preliminary figures which saw clo...