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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.

A $2.2 Billion Casino Resort Proposed For Northern Vietnam to Allow Local Gambler Admissions

The Vietnamese Ministry of Planning and Investment has served a report to the Prime Minister for another integrated resort that will allow gambling activities to local population. The Ministry has reportedly pr...

Mohegan To Host Soft Opening of First Phase of South Korea’s INSPIRE IR On November 30

President of Mohegan INSPIRE Entertainment Resort, Chen Si, revealed the official opening of the resort's first stage as a real "entertainment resort in Asia." The soft opening is scheduled to occur on November...

Philippine Gaming Industry Generates US$1.24 Billion in Q3 2023 to Exceed Prepandemic Levels

Gross gaming revenues of the Philippine gaming industry reached the level of Php68.8 billion (US$1.24 billion) in the third quarter of 2023. The figure reportedly represents a 20.1% increase when compared to th...

Newport World Resorts To Launch Table Games For PIGO Clients

The owner of Newport World Resorts, located in Manila, Philippines, plans to extend its operations under the license of the Philippine Inland Gaming Operator (PIGO). The expansion involves new table games that ...

Macau Government Collected $6.4 Billion In Gaming Tax Revenues in Ten Months of 2023

Financial Services Bureau of the city of Macau released on 16 November 2023 the data on the financial impact of the Macau gaming industry on the governmental operations. According to the Bureau, the Macau gover...

SJM Holdings’ $53 Million Loss Offset By Booming Grand Lisboa Resort Operations

The acceleration of the Macau gaming industry seems to be compensating for the lows experienced during the pandemic. However, the past closures of gambling properties still impact SJM Holdings as the company re...

Genting Singapore Increases Profit By 60% and Invests $5 Billion In the Resorts World Sentosa Expansion

Casino operator Genting Singapore Ltd reports about the sustained recovery in the region as the company generated almost SGD690.0 million (US$507.1 million) in gross gaming revenues in the third quarter of 2023...

Melco Relaunches Studio City in Q1 2024 Following the Record Casino Performance

Lawrence Ho Yau Lung, chairman and chief executive of the casino operating group Melco Resorts & Entertainment Ltd announces that the group's Macau complex Studio City will be launched in the first quarter ...

MGM China Hits $226 Million Record EBITDA; Exceeds 2019 Levels in Booming Macau Gambling Market

Macau gambling industry seems to have closed the page where pandemic impacted the business.  Eleven months after the January 8, 2023 re-opening of the casino facilities, the stakeholders are no longer referring...

GAN Enters Definitive Merger Agreement With Sega Sammy Creation

GAN Limited, a leading North American real money iGaming technology provider and a prominent sports betting operator has entered a definitive Merger Agreement with Sega Sammy Creation, a game development subsid...

Pagcor to Upgrade Casino Filipino As Country’s Gaming Revenues Head to Exceed the 2019 Record

Following the recent move to transform the state-run Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp (Pagcor) into an exclusively regulatory entity, this governmental agency's chairman and chief executive Alejandro Tengco...

Macau Experiences New Post-Covid Revenue High In October; GGR To Reach US$26.8bln Next Year

During October, the gaming industry in Macau continued to grow in terms of accumulated profits, with gross gaming profit (GGR) reaching a 30.9% increase compared to September's GGR of MOP$19.5 billion, which is...