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.
Best Sunshine International (Imperial Pacific) will place a bid for 160 hectares (about 400 acres) of public land in Marpi, Saipan including an area occupied by Kan Pacific's Mariana Resort & Spa. Kan Pacif...
An Imperial Pacific filing with the Hong Kong Stock exchange shows that their temporary "Best Sunshine Live" casino at the T Galleria in Garapan, Saipan generated US$1,629.6 million (HK$12,646 million) in roll ...
According to data released by the Macau Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau, the once gambling heaven’s November gross gaming revenue dropped by 32.3% y-o-y to around MOP16.43 billion (around $2.06 billio...
While it is clear that Beijing’s anti-corruption crackdown on the Macau industry has caused the casino industry to suffer its biggest market slump, questions must also be raised about Macau’s gambling regulatio...
Late last week the International Poker Open Battle of the Nations was hosted by the Resorts World Manila, seeing poker teams from around the Asia-Pacific region converge to compete for the coveted crown. In the...
Macau casinos will not be changing the number of table games allowed at each venue since the Macau Secretary for Economy and Finance stated the cap will not be amended until 2022 ends. Lionel Leong Vai Tac, the...
Gaming device maker Universal Entertainment Corp’s defamation lawsuit against the Thompson Reuters Corp and three Reuters journalists has been dismissed by a Japanese court.
In December 2012 Universal, the J...
Airports in Vietnam are going to get slot machines installed in isolated areas. According to Tuoi Tre News, the Vietnamese government approved in-principle to this plan and authorized the installation of gaming...
Donaco International has revealed an impressive growth in revenue, which was boosted by the company’s Star Vegas Resort and Club in Cambodia. Donaco acquired Star Vegas earlier this year, in July, and that prov...
A political watchdog group that had called for federal investigations of Sheldon Adelson, the Chairman of Las Vegas Sands Corp., has retracted some of it's statements and issued an apology to the casino owner ...
The three states that permit gambling in India are Goa, Sikkim and Daman and considering the potential of the Indian gambling industry, a number of other states are also pushing to see if they can legalize the ...
The Malaysian government is considering adjusting the current laws to stop what they are calling ‘widespread’ activity in online illegal gambling. Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed, the Deputy Home Minister, stated on W...
Tan Seet Eng, better known as Dan Tan, is one of 14 people that were arrested in September 2013 when Singapore officials were cracking down on a match-fixing ring. Believed to be the mastermind of the global sc...
There are currently only three states in India that permit gambling and the state of Goa has the biggest gambling industry with a total of 15 casinos, 4 of them offshore on the Mandovi River. It is estimated th...
Cambodian conglomerate LYP Group Co Ltd has been given permission to launch online gambling operations. The group owns three casinos on the border with Thailand and it’s run by the national senator since 2006 L...