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.
Dore Entertainment Co Ltd will be shutting down a VIP room at the Wynn Macau, according to the most recent reports out of the gaming city. The Macau junket operator operates three VIP rooms at the casino, with ...
When Melco Crown Entertainment decided to build yet another casino in the biggest gambling hub in the world, there were a number of wealthy investors happy to invest into the $3.2 billion project in Macau as th...
The Marina Bay Sands Casino of Singapore was the subject of robbery after two men were found to have stolen chips from the gaming floor. The two men, who remain anonymous, have now been arrested and believed to...
The days are counting down to the much anticipated grand opening of Melco Crown Entertainment’s (MCE) integrated casino resort Studio City scheduled for Tuesday, October 27, which will feature a performance by ...
Just a few days ago, the Best Sunshine International, Ltd. confirmed plans to pursue land that is currently held in Marpi by the Mariana Resort & Spa. Based in Hong Kong, Best Sunshine plans on outbidding t...
Gamblers in Russia will now have a lessened opportunity to take part in online casino and poker gaming thanks to a decision by the state agency. The agency has been threatening to block gamblers from the activi...
Resorts World Manila is expanding its integrated entertainment and gaming facility, and Travellers International Hotel Groups Inc. has allocated U.S. $236 million from its 2013 initial public offering for the d...
Armenia’s first-ever gambling industry gaming forum is set to take place in the country’s capital Yerevan on November 19, 2015. Conference topics will encompass all aspects of developing a successful gambling b...
After a successful soft launch on October 8th, Lawrence Ho's Tigre de Cristal announced today that they will be holding a Grand Opening celebration on November 11th. The casino will be closed for an “Invite Onl...
Gaming legislation that would legalize casinos in Japan this year has been scuttled once again as local sources report that plans for an extraordinary session of parliament have been shelved. It will be the fir...
Melco Crown Entertainment’s Studio City will launch with 250 gaming tables which were granted by the Macau government for its scheduled October 27 opening, in addition to 1,233 gaming machines, according to Lio...
Last week over 8,500 employees at three staff rallies were witness to Melco Crown Entertainment’s unveiling of its Studio City Events Center.
COO Ted Chan along with other senior company executives were in a...
In a conference call Thursday that saw a candid Steve Wynn refer to an ongoing feud with Boston Mayor Martin Walsh as something of a perverse comedy, the chairman and CEO of Wynn Resorts Ltd also criticized the...
Macau’s casino industry used to enlist special junket operators whose main role was to target VIP gamblers from Mainland China and bring them over to Macau’s casinos. These VIP gamblers accounted for more than ...
Kazuo Okada formerly held the director position at the top gambling company, Wynn Resorts Ltd., before he was fired from his position, reportedly by Steve Wynn himself. Okada was removed from the board of the c...