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.
Macau’s casino revenues continue to plummet with every passing month causing serious concern to casino’s and shareholders. Sterne Agee CRT reported that casinos had a tough month in June and mass revenue had dr...
Las Vegas Sands said Thursday that Marina Bay Sands Pte Ltd, Singapore is interested in running a casino and convention complex in Thailand. Asiaone quotes Krist Boo, vice president for communications as saying...
Local media are reporting that a proposed smoking ban could effect about half of all junket employee's jobs. There are 3,000 to 5,000 junket employees in Macau servicing over 170 VIP gaming promoters. Mr. Kwok ...
Vietnam is is seeing growth in luxury casinos and one of them, the Ho Tram Resort Casino (Grand Ho Tram Strip) is offering an international standard poker room. The Ho Tram Poker Room officially opened in April...
The NagaWorld casino resort located in Cambodia will soon begin offering VIP gaming thanks to the Jimei International Entertainment Group. The Jimei group operates in Hong Kong and Macau and will be operating a...
The Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority in the United States had announced in April 2015 that it wanted to venture into international territory and set up a casino in South Korea. The tribal gaming authority also c...
Macau was once a gambling haven as casinos provided gamblers with VIP treatment in order to attract them and keep their business. Smoking wasn’t considered a luxury but a basic right in casinos until Macau deci...
Macau, the biggest gambling hub in the world, is located just an hour away by ferry from Mainland China. Some of the biggest casino brands in the world like the Las Vegas Sands Corp., MGM Resorts International ...
Dynam Japan Holdings Co Ltd announced its intent to enter into a resort development project through a recent Hong Kong filing. On Wednesday, June 24, 2015 the filing was announced, with the report stating a res...
Hotel rooms are in excess in Macau due to the Chinese government crackdown on Junkets. About 80 to 90 percent of booked rooms are made through Junkets. Their dealings with VIP and high rollers helped keep the p...
On June 28th 2015, it was reported that a group of members have accused the Macau Jockey Club bosses of mismanagement, and that the cuts in the budget have created a real problem.
The claims that have been m...
According to an article in the Saigon Times, VnExpress has reported that Thua Thien-Hue Province last week asked the Prime Minister of Vietnam to include the Chan May-Lang Co Economic Zone in a list of areas to...
In early January Melco Crown Entertainment Limited announced they would be de-listing their shares from the Hong Kong stock exchange (HKSE). In late March it was announced that shareholders had overwhelmingly a...
According to a filing with the Japanese stock exchange as reported on Asian news outlet GGRAsia, Universal Entertainment Corp shareholder, Tsuyoshi Hosoba, is suing for damages related to Wynn Resorts Ltd.'s ca...
MACAU, June 25, 2015 -- Melco Crown Entertainment, owner and operator of casino gaming and entertainment resort facilities in Asia, proudly unveils the epic movie-inspired Golden Reel Ferris wheel as the ic...