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.
As of August 26 attendance at its three South Korean Seven Luck foreigners-exclusive casinos exceeded one million, according to an announcement yesterday by Grand Korea Leisure Co., Ltd. (GLK).
While visitor...
Tinian Entertainment’s casino license application to operate the typhoon ravaged Tinian Dynasty Hotel and Casino in the Northern Mariana Islands is essentially complete, according to Tinian’s gaming commission....
Vietnam has been eager to capitalize on the lucrative gambling industry and the government has encouraged foreign investors to set up mega-casino resorts in the country which cater exclusively to tourists as ga...
The Bombay High Court in Mumbai, India told the Maharashtra state government on Friday to respond as to whether they plan to legalize casinos there. The court first asked the government for clarification in Mar...
Tuesday September 1, 2015 marked the close of an illegal gambling case in the Vietnam courts. Vuong Chan Thanh will spend eight years in prison for his involvement with illegal betting through website 188bet.co...
According to a report on Macau Business Daily (MBD), there has been a major increase in filings with the Court of First Instance by VIP gaming promoters seeking to recover moneys owed by well-to-do gamblers who...
After closing the Tinian Dynasty Casino two weeks ago, owner, Hong Kong Entertainment (HKE) Chairman Wai Chan announced that due to negative cash flow and low tourist arrivals complete closure of both the casin...
Niko Partners, one of the leading research companies in the Asian games market intelligence segment recently released the 2015 Chinese Mobile Gaming Report which confirmed a growth curve in 2015. The report con...
Five years after filing a wrongful termination suit and more than three months after a Nevada judge decided her court had jurisdiction over the case, lawyers for Steve Jacobs and Las Vegas Sands argued their ca...
Macau witnessed a 35.5% y-o-y gross gaming revenue (GGR) fall to MOP18.62 billion ($2.33 billion) for August, according to information provided by the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau. August was the 1...
The Philippines has encouraged gambling enterprises to set up multi-million dollar casinos in the country as the casino industry was expected to generated significant gaming revenue for the government and also ...
According to Macau Business Daily, a minimum of 8 VIP gaming rooms should be closing, either already having done so in August or soon to be in September. The VIP business of Macau is struggling, leaving junket ...
In February 2015 the Tinian Casino Gaming Control Commission gave a thumbs up to the Bridge Investment Group to build Tinian Ocean View Resort in the Northern Marianas. The leisure design company YWS Design is ...
On the Cotai Strip of Macau, Louis XIII is planning on developing a new luxury destination. The property is under development and should open by next summer. In the meantime, Louis XIII has begun to train emplo...
Casinos in Macau are unfortunately no stranger to crime, and the recent increase in casino-related crimes have resulted in operators taking additional measures for their legal liabilities. Operators of casinos ...