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.
Online gambling site M88.com has been connected to an illegal betting ring and authorities in Vietnam have given heavy sentences to those involved. A Ho Chi Minh City court on Friday sentenced 30 individuals to...
On Friday the Government Information Bureau published the English edition of the 2015 Macau Yearbook.
The 2015 English edition has 196 photographs, 609 pages and is divided into four sections including, even...
The $3.5 billion Baha Mar Resort in the Bahamas was so close to opening in March that people were booking rooms. However disputes between the developer, contractor, and financier resulted in a construction slow...
In the Philippines’ Clark Freeport Zone of Angeles City, a recent acquisition has begun with the Casablanca Casino and Stotsenberg Hotel soon to be owned by the Frontier Capital Group of Australia. Last week, t...
Judge Choo Han Teck of the High Court found the Resorts World Sentosa guilty of wrongful imprisonment and ruled in favor of Goel Adesh Kumar, a 43 year old who filed a private suit against the company based in ...
Both South Korea’s state-run casino operator Grand Korea Leisure (GKL) and Hong Kong-listed NagaCorp have announced that they have abandoned plans for building an integrated casino on Korea’s Yeongjong Island, ...
Vietnam’s casino industry has blossomed over the last couple of years as the government continues to encourage foreign investment in the sector. The biggest addition to the Vietnamese casino scene is the Ho Tra...
The boutique casino hotel, Macau Louis XIII, is currently under construction with Louis XIII Holdings Ltd reporting the construction is occurring on schedule. The concrete casting was finished back in August an...
After a peak price of $18 per share in January 2014, James Packer scooped up 18 million shares in his casino resort company yesterday at a bargain price of $12 each, paying a slight premium over Tuesday's close...
Bloomberry's Jeju Sun Hotel and Casino has been ordered to suspend gaming operations at its South Korean operations for one month beginning November 16, according to a filing with the Philippine Stock Exchange....
Melco Crown Entertainment recently opened its $3.2 billion Studio City casino resort in Macau and was forced to make a number of changes to its operation strategy due to the decline in Macau’s gambling revenues...
The MGM Cotai project of MGM China is moving along nicely with the company recently celebrating the topping off of the Cotai, Macau property. The casino has a unique design, similar to a jewelry box, and will o...
Update 11-26-2015: CfA retracts public comments and allegations, issues apology.
Sheldon Adelson, billionaire and chairman of the Las Vegas Sands (LVS) is known for having strong political ties in the nation...
The Philippines continues to be an attractive destination for gambling firms to open new casinos as the government has continued to invite foreign investment into its growing gambling industry. This time around...
Ao Man Long was elected as Macau’s first Secretary for Transport and Public Works back in 2004 and was on a salary of MOP14 million. The Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) had investigated Long’s activities a...