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.
A report by Nomura Securities' analysts Harry Curtis and Stella Xing was released on the possible changes to travel visas for visitors heading to Macau. The report says a balance needs to be made between local ...
Going back to 2012 Universal Entertainment has been under suspicion for making bribes. Decisions from various parties involved have now come to conclusions after holding fact finding panels. To fully understand...
Wynn Macau has given a 5% salary increase to eligible employees effective on a post date of March 1, 2015. Wynn Palace and Wynn Macau employees including those with senior management roles will be given the rai...
MelcoLot Ltd, part of Melco International Development Ltd has begun the first stages of their casino project in the Republic of Georgia. The casino is going to be located in the capital city of Tbilisi, which i...
The first casino to open in Manila's (Parañaque) Entertainment City posted a loss of P1.315 billion for 2013. Solaire has turned that number around with a significant profit for 2014. The Solaire casino reporte...
The Mississippi Gaming Commission has voted to renew Kazuo Okada's gaming license within Mississippi, voting "suitability status" for the Japanese billionaire. Okada operates Aruze Gaming America and will now ...
India has a growing market segment that is interested in visiting casinos and playing games like poker, blackjack and rummy. However, under Indian law only Goa and Sikkim are legally permitted to run live casin...
The casino industry suffered setbacks throughout the world and gambling hubs like Macau and Las Vegas reported significant declines in revenues during 2014. South Korea appears to be completely immune from such...
Japanese courts have reported a growing rise in the number of tax expense lawsuits over the past few months. Most of these lawsuits originate from gamblers who have lost significant sums of money gambling at ca...
The Wynn empire has faced significant losses in the recent past, most notably in Macau but that's not the only thing that billionaire Steve Wynn needs to be concerned about. His ex-wife Elaine Wynn was not re-n...
Officials of Macau recently busted the second high-profile prostitution ring of the area since 2015 began, arresting 42 individuals in the process. Of those arrested, one individual is just 17 years of age and ...
According to an article today on the Asia Gaming Brief website, Suncity has issued a statement saying, “Suncity Group has been referred to in recent media articles on investment intentions on the island of Phu ...
The gambling cruise industry of Singapore appears to be making a comeback after being hit hard with competition in 2010, when two new luxury resorts opened in the city-state. According to a report by the asiaga...
The Chinese owned Union Development Group (UDG) is currently in the process of constructing a mega casino in Cambodia. The casino is being built in the Botum Sakor National Park upon 45,000-hectare-land which w...
Reports state Enrique Razon, a Philippine billionaire, is going to buy a South Korean island to develop a new entertainment complex on. This tourism and leisure complex is specifically going to house a gambling...