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.
Gambling is currently illegal in the state of Maharashtra but the Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC) is pushing the state government to legalize the industry and license offshore casinos, which ...
Russian Gaming Week (RGW) is set to bring all sectors of the burgeoning CIS casino industry together in one place when the Tenth Annual RGW is held at the Sokolniki Exhibition and Convention Center in Moscow on...
The future of Macau is being considered by government officials, with a new guiding tool having been introduced yesterday. The new Five-Year Development Plan for Macau was revealed by the government during a pr...
By early May, the government of Macau should be ready to release information on the gaming industry of the city based on a mid-term review. First started in May of 2015, the mid-term review will involve the gam...
This week, the Midori Clark Hotel and Casino in the Philippines will have a soft opening for the casino only. In an email to GGRAsia, the property’s marketing team said that the grand opening to include the hot...
Genting Singapore Plc, part of the Malaysian based Genting Group, recently announced that it had decided to shut-down its Macau subsidiary with immediate effect. The company decided to close its Genting Star (M...
A three-member advisory committee has been established by Hong Kong-listed Imperial Pacific International Holdings Ltd (1076:HKG) to provide the firm’s management with “sound strategic and tactical advice,” rep...
A P1.9-billion property in Quezon City, the most populous city in the Philippines, is the chosen location for Filipino billionaire, and chairman of Bloomberry Resorts Corp, Enrique Razon Jr.’s second casino in ...
Local media of Macau, the Macau Business Daily, is reporting that the MGM Macau is no longer offering a VIP room operated by the Cali Group. The Macau junket operator has reportedly shut down another VIP operat...
On Thursday, Filipino billionaire, and chairman of Bloomberry Resorts Corp, Enrique Razon Jr., warned that the opening of two additional gaming complexes within the next two years would produce an “oversupply” ...
May 1 is known as International Workers Day and commonly referred to as Labor Day in Asia. Two of Macau’s labor groups have plans to submit individual petitions to the government on May 1 for increasing the ben...
The Las Vegas Sands Corp is the biggest casino enterprise in the world and derives a significant portion of its revenue from its Macau based subsidiary, the Sands China Ltd. However the collapse of the Macau ca...
A note from Sterne Agee CRT on Monday stated that Melco Crown’s new Studio City is being hurt by continued disruptions going on next to the property.
While the U.S.-based brokerage said it still believes tha...
Lawrence Ho Yau Lung has gained the majority of the directors on the board of Tigre de Cristal operator Oriental Regent Ltd via its fully owned entity Summit Ascent Russia Ltd. Moreover, in a filing to the Hong...
NewKaliningrad.ru reports the scheduled opening of the Yantarnaya gaming zone’s first gaming facility, situated in the westernmost region of Kaliningrad, a seaport city located between Poland and Lithuania alon...