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.
Asian casino operator Summit Ascent Holdings announced a $200 million expansion of its Russian-integrated resort Tigre de Cristal earlier. Last year, the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine po...
The Philippines will get a new casino hotel next year! A long-expected Suntrust Resort Holdings Inc will be opened in Manila as a part of the Westside City Project developed by Westside City Resorts World Inc a...
Philippine Senator Sherwin Gatchalian, chairman of the Senate’s Committee on Ways and Means, recommended the country's government to officially shut down Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs), which are ...
Malaysian top-tier gaming operator, Genting Berhad, has recently announced the sale of 16 acres of land of its premium Miami real estate property. According to the Bloomberg report cited by IAG, the casino gian...
The kick-off of the US$3.3 billion expansion project announced in 2019 for the exclusive hotel-casino resort Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands has been postponed by 12 months again. The project having been scheduled...
Malaysian authorities and the government are discussing the building of the second Genting Highlands resort casino, and they came to a disagreement on the matter. The Malaysian tourism sector still doesn't want...
The Philippine Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) has officially released a study on suspicious transactions connected with casino junkets, which revealed many examples of junket operators who didn’t report c...
It was announced on Wednesday that Solaire Resort’s parent company, Bloomberry Resorts Corp, terminated the deal related to acquiring a stake in integrated resort developments in Cebu and Clark, owned by PH Res...
Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp (Pagcor) announced on Tuesday that its state-owned casinos would be sold for PHP80 billion (US$1.47 billion).
An important step for Philippines casinos:
Alejandro Ten...
Bloomberry Resorts Corp.’s Solaire Resort and Casino, located in Philippines, celebrates its 10th anniversary on March 16th.
After a few tough years, when the casino was hit by the consequences of the COVID...
Asia Gaming Brief, the organizer of the annual regional gaming conference ASEAN Gaming Summit, has announced that the conference will be held from 21st-23rd March 2023 at the Manila Marriott Hotel in the Philip...
LIV Golf, the newest professional golf tour funded by the Public Investment Fund, which is the sovereign wealth fund of Saudi Arabia, reported today that Resorts World Sentosa, a renowned lifestyle destination ...
The Philippine casino sector continued growth in the fourth quarter of 2022 to generate almost PHP56.01 billion (US$1.02 billion) in gross gaming revenue (GGR) as of December 31. This level exceeds the third qu...
There is some good news regarding the gambling market in Macau. As Wong Sio Chak, Secretary for Security in Macau revealed on Friday, gaming-related crime decreased significantly in 2022.
Compared to the pr...
Bloomberry Resorts Corporation, a gaming, entertainment, tourism and hotel holding company based in Phillipines, has publicly announced a net profit of Php1.1 billion, which is approximately 20.0 million US dol...