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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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...
On Monday, the Macau government confirmed that the proposed waterside development facility, Macau Fisherman’s Wharf, currently under construction will have its own border post.
International visitors arrivin...
Melco Crown Entertainment Ltd has been working on the City of Dreams casino resort of Macau for some time now, with several aspects in the works. According to chief executive of Melco Crown Entertainment and co...
On Friday, a new gaming area was revealed at the Grand Lisboa, what the casino’s operator SJM Holdings Ltd is calling a ‘grand opening’ based on the revitalization project of the property. The operator has been...
With new casinos coming to the Cotai, it would seem that junket operators of Macau would be interested in offering their VIP services in the area. However, this is not the case. Junket operators are having a ha...
On Monday, Hong Kong-listed gaming investor Imperial Pacific International Holdings Ltd (HKG: 1076) reported a net loss of HKD84.37 million (US$10.87 million) for the entire 2015, compared to 2014’s loss of HKD...
Details are beginning to emerge in one of the largest cyber bank heists in history with the governor of Bangladesh's central bank resigning along with two deputies being fired. $81 million was reportedly stole...
According to a press statement released by police, four people suspected of attempting to cheat patrons at the Marina Bay Sands casino have been arrested.
Police said today that they were alerted to suspecte...