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.
Collaborating with one of the most prestige celebrity chefs in the world, Chef Gordon Ramsay, who's known for his internationally renown shows: Kitchen Nightmares, Hell’s Kitchen and Masters Chef, Sands Macau w...
The Okada Group owned by Japanese casino mogul Kazuo Okada is in the process of constructing a massive $2.3 billion Manila Bay Resorts casino in Manila Bay, Philippines. The project is being developed by Tiger ...
A third casino operation has gained approval under the new casino regulations which shut down Nepal casinos last year. Goa Coastal Resorts, owners and operators of the Pride Group of Casinos and Hotels in India...
There are a number of mega casinos currently under construction in the Philippines and one of those casinos is being built by Tiger Resort, Leisure and Entertainment, Inc which is owned by Kazuo Okada, the Japa...
The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) as per law has to pay only 5% franchise tax from its gaming operations and normal income tax on the operations generated from regular services. The Burea...
Macau’s casino industry lost over $100 billion in 2014 and the market is still in decline as the Chinese government continues its anti-corruption campaign. The government has issued an official notice to casino...
The building site for the MGM Casino Cotai was the location of a fatal accident last week as a Mainland Chinese worker was hit by a concrete pump on the site. While receiving medical treatment, the worker pass...
A baccarat event held last Tuesday by the Sands China Ltd Cotai Central property ended up setting a Guinness World Record for the largest ever first place prize awarded for a baccarat tournament. The event took...
Saipan is the second largest island within the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) and is a popular tourist spot. The CNMI recently approved an amendment submitted by the Imperial Pacific Intern...
Sands China Ltd. was slapped with minor sanctions by District Judge Elizabeth Gonzalez for redacting information from specific documents which were in relation to the Steve Jacobs, (former President of Sands Ch...
Once billed as the gambling hub of the world, Macau’s status of being a gambling paradise for high-rollers may be slipping away. The anti-corruption crackdown by the Chinese government in 2014 was relentless an...
Sun International owns and operates dozens of casinos in Africa and South Africa including Sun City Casino Resort, as well as The Monticello Grand Casino in Chile. It was recently announced that they would merg...
Singapore: David Sisk, a veteran operations exec, has just been appointed as the COO of Genting Singapore Pic's Resorts World Sentosa. The new appointment will have Sisk responsible for all of the operating uni...
Manila, Philippines, March 2, 2015 - APT Cambodia scheduled for May 26th to June 3rd, 2015 is to be cancelled.
Making the announcement, Jeff Mann, CEO, Asian Poker Tour said that the cancellation was due to...
The push has been on for several years to make Manila's Entertainment City a destination in its own right for well heeled gamblers from China as well as a place for the burgeoning middle and upper income Filipi...