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.
All eyes are on Macau's Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau, the regulators who will decide the number of tables to be allowed at Melco Crown Entertainment Ltd’s Studio City Macau when it opens later this...
Reports indicate that Tigre de Cristal held a successful soft launch or "test opening" Thursday afternoon near Vladivostok, Russia. Local media outlets were indicating that events would occur between 16:00 and ...
Based on a recent filing with the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, Iao Kun, a junket company operating in Macau, has seen a decline in the year-on-year rolling chip turnover for September. Reports show that the operator ...
Five gamblers and two dealers have been convicted of cheating at Resorts World Sentosa in two unrelated cases. All were sentenced to jail time.
The first case involves Chua Lai Huat, a sixty six ye...
Resorts World Manila has been named as the 2016 host of the Asian Poker Tour during the month of April. From the 13th to the 21st, the casino will play host to the APT as it returns to the Philippines. APT Chie...
In mere hours one of them most exciting new casino projects in recent times is set to open its doors to the public in a "soft launch". Local and regional dignitaries as well as local press have already had thei...
The casino industry in Cambodia is continuing to grow as gambling establishments and junket operators promote Cambodia’s casino industry to VIP gamblers from Mainland China. The collapse of Macau’s casino indus...
Lotte Tour Development Co. Ltd is said to have approval to build the second largest casino hotel complex on Jeju Island off the coast of South Korea through affiliate Donghwa Investment and Development Co. Ltd....
MGM Resorts is currently constructing their second casino in Macau. For the MGM Cotai, the company plans on focusing on a tourist-friendly approach rather than on high rollers or career gamblers. The $3 billion...
Macau’s department of gaming recently confirmed that gaming revenue has fallen for the 16th consecutive month. This drop in gaming revenue is due to the anti-corruption crackdown launched by Beijing in 2014 tha...
Down 34 percent for the year, foreigner-exclusive South Korean casino operator, Paradise Co Ltd’s, monthly numbers were down 23.6 percent from last month bringing September’s numbers in at KRW37.2 billion ($31....
NagaCorp Ltd reported unaudited data to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange Friday of almost U.S. $400 million GGR for the first nine months of 2015. This financial data represents an increase of 47% from the U.S. $27...
Macau casinos' gross gaming revenue fell by 1/3 in September, the sixteenth month in a row showing decline, but the numbers were within expectations. Hitting forecasts as well as reports that Beijing may be wil...
India has one of the largest underground sports betting markets in the world and the sport generating the most illegal wagering is cricket, which is considered the "second biggest religion" in India by some.
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The Melco Crown Entertainment group is set to open Studio City in Macau by October 27th, which is only weeks away. To improve financial performance as well as overall operations of the casino resort, which had ...