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.
According to the numbers released by the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau, the gross gaming revenue in Macau dropped 21.4% in January year on year to 18.67 billion patacas or $2.33 billion. The numbers...
Macau’s casino industry has been in decline for the last 24 months due to the significant decline of VIP gamblers who have preferred not to visit Macau due to the anti-corruption crackdown launched by Beijing. ...
On Friday, the Tinian Casino Control Commission voted unanimously to approve applicants, Alter City Group Inc. (ACG), along with its shareholders, chairman Kin Ian Leong and managing director Ken Lin, for a con...
Malaysian poker player Paul Phua has a built a reputation for himself as a high stakes poker player but has also gained attention over the years for being a key player in the global match fixing business.
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In order to finance its new integrated resort, the Lisboa Palace at the Cotai Strip on the island of Macau, SJM Holdings Ltd (0880.HK), the holding company of Sociedade de Jogos de Macau S.A. ("SJM"), is negoti...
The re-election of Vietnam’s General Secretary, Nguyen Phu Trong for a second five-year term by the ruling Communist Party could mean further delays for gambling expansion plans in Vietnam, according to Union G...
Since January 2015, the number of VIP junkets in Macau has decreased to 141 from 183, according to data from the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau. No explanation was given for the drop in numbers.
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A CNMI lawmaker in Tinian and the director of US-based Bridge Investment Group were quick to defend their positions on the heels of a 'letter of concern' penned to the Commonwealth Ports Authority (CPA) by a U....
MGM Resorts International, the biggest casino enterprise on the Las Vegas strip has invested heavily into its subsidiary MGM China Holdings Ltd to expand its operations in Macau, the biggest gambling hub in the...
Macau’s gambling industry continued to decline in 2015 due to the anti-corruption crackdown launched by Beijing to weed out money laundering, racketeering and other forms of criminal activity. Macau’s Judiciary...
Non-management staff will be paid a special bonus, equivalent to one month’s salary, by Macau casino operator MGM China Holdings Limited. The first of the bonus’ two installments will be paid at the end of this...
Thailand is looking into the possibility of an AEC lottery to aid in the relief of disaster ravaged member countries, according to local sources.
Similar to those in western countries the regional lottery wo...
On Thursday January 21, Synectics plc (AIM: SNX), designer and management of advanced surveillance technology and networked security systems, announced a “multi-million pound” contract had been awarded to its r...
The Commonwealth Casino Commission has announced that Best Sunshine International is now financially capable to complete the construction phase of the Grand Mariana Casino Resort, a project the company had unde...
On January 14 the bankruptcy petition filed by Hong Kong Entertainment Investments Ltd, owner of the Tinian Dynasty Hotel & Casino, was granted dismissal and all other pending motions filed in the case rend...