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.
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Iao Kun Group Holding Co Ltd is a Nasdaq listed Macau VIP casino investor. On May 6, 2015 they announced an unaudited rolling chip turnover loss. Rolling chip turnover is a measure casinos use to determine the ...
On May the 4th 2015, it was announced by Melco Crown Resorts Corp that the Philippine casino resort that is City of Dreams Manila was in possession of a full gaming license.
The Philippines Amusement and Gam...
In Las Vegas on 7 May 2015, Todd Bice argued that Sheldon Adelson who is a casino billionaire and major Republican Party donor was making decisions for Sands China Ltd and he was doing so from Las Vegas. Bice w...
A number of Asian countries have tried to capitalize on the collapse of Macau's casino industry and lure Macau's VIP gamblers to their casinos in an effort to increase casino revenue and generate more taxes to ...
Gambling is strictly regulated in India and is only authorized in the Goa and Sikkim regions. The only live dealer casinos that are permitted to operate are on the Mandovi river in Goa. The land based and floa...
On May 5, 2015 it was revealed in a Reuters article that Seoul foreigner-only casinos have started targeting low-roller gamblers, particularly Chinese shoppers. The casino operators are doing this by offering f...
Just after the resignation of Government Lottery Office chairman Somchai Sujjapongse, Prayut Chan-ocha, Thailand’s General (Prime Minister of Thailand and head of the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO)...
Billionaire and Las Vegas Sands Chairman Sheldon Adelson has spent a fourth day in a Las Vegas courtroom to determine whether a wrongful termination suit should be heard in the U.S. or Macau. In the proceedings...
Macau's casinos lost an estimated $100 billion during 2014 and analysts predicted that casinos would continue to struggle in 2015 due to Beijing's continuous anti-corruption crackdown in Macau. The biggest gamb...
Billionaire and Las Vegas Sands Chairman Sheldon Adelson was forced to take the stand in court for the third time to contest a case filed by Steven Jacobs, the ex-CEO of his Las Vegas Sands Macau Casino. The La...
Sands China saw all of it's properties post lower revenues in the first quarter of 2015 for a total profit drop of 54.2%. The company's biggest revenue pump, The Venetian Macao posted earnings of just $784,585 ...
Correction: An earlier version of this story stated that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met with the American Gaming Association. Only members of the Diet met with the AGA. Following is the official press release fr...
Union Gaming Group LLC has relocated to a skyscraper, which stands tall over the ferry port servicing the Hong Kong to Macau route. The office in Hong Kong will house the portfolio of businesses the company dea...
Beijing's anti-corruption crackdown on Macau's casino industry over the past 12 months has resulted in huge losses for casinos as high rollers have preferred to take their business to neighboring countries like...