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.
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....
This just in: Bloomberg reports that Pagcor will not renew Philweb's license. “We won’t cancel it but we won’t renew it,” Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. Chief Executive Officer Andrea Domingo told the me...
In Indonesia, counter-terrorism police have arrested six suspected militants on charges that they were allegedly planning to launch a rocket attack on downtown Singapore and its Marina Bay district from a nearb...
Rizal Commercial Banking Corp (RCBC) in the Philippines made the news earlier this year for its role in the $81 million heist from Bangladesh’s central bank. The funds were hacked from the central bank’s accoun...
MGM Resorts International has pushed back the opening date for its new MGM Cotai Casino Resort by three months while additionally explaining that the budget for the giant development is due to rise slightly.
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The temporary Saipan casino from Hong Kong-listed Imperial Pacific International Holdings saw its rolling chip volumes hit approximately $1.74 billion for July while the figure for the first seven months of the...
The SMX Convention Center of Pasay City hosted a job fair for the new Okada Manila, a casino resort that is expected to open this November. The job fair was hosted in an effort to recruit as many as 8,000 indiv...
South Korea has seventeen casinos and only the Kangwon Land casino resort in Kangwon province allows locals to gamble. The casino industry in South Korea has continued to thrive during the last couple of years ...
MGM Resorts International, the biggest casino operator on the Vegas strip recently released results of its second quarter which outperformed analyst's estimated. The strong performance of its Las Vegas casinos ...
In keeping with their mission to facilitate dialogue not only among businesses in the gaming industry, but to include government and regulatory bodies, Casino Forum Batumi, to be held August 18 at the Leogrand ...
The Legislative Assembly Of Macau is currently considering whether to pass updated electoral rules that would ban casino operators from playing any role in future campaigns.
According to a report from the lo...
Casino operator Sands China Limited has announced that its French-themed The Parisian Macao property will open from September 13 complete with 3,000 guestrooms and suites along with a half-scale replica of the ...
The Best Sunshine Live Casino located in Saipan which is a part of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) has been open for just over a year and has already contributed a significant amount of ...