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 serious threat to the Southeast Asia gambling market is coming from the neighborhood. SentinelOne, a renowned cybersecurity company based in the U.S., reported that various malware and hacking operations cond...
Vertex Entertainment and Resort Corp, owned by the second richest man in the Philippines, according to Forbes, is planning to open two new casinos in Manilla. The casinos are part of a bigger project, a huge re...
OKBet Infinity Inc, a flagship online gaming and junket operator, has halted its operations along and shut down its VIP rooms in the Philippines without prior notice.
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The privatization of a chain of the state-owned casinos proposed by Pagcor's Chairman and CEO Alejandro Tengco and approved by the Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr is expected to raise PHP60 billion (US...
The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) is undertaking efforts to privatize 45 of its casinos by the third quarter of 2025, as reported by CNN. As the regulator's chair announced during the nat...
In its second quarter 2023 earnings report submitted with the Philippine Stock Exchange on August 14, Suntrust Resort Holdings Inc. the company listed behind the new Philippines US$1.1 billion casino and hotel ...
Galaxy Entertainment, the parent company of Galaxy Casino S.A., has revealed that it will officially open its newest hotel, Andaz Macau, on September 15 of this year. In addition, the said hotel, which is a Hya...
Genting Singapore keeps growing - and the results are even better than expected! During the first three months of the year, the profit tripled and rose to SG$276.7 million, or US$205.6 million.
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South Korean casino operator, Grand Korea Leisure (GKL), has unveiled that its net income in the second quarter of 2023 amounted to KRW8.58 billion (US$6.5 million). As reported by Inside Asian Gaming (IAG), th...
Financial results of the casinos in South Korea suggest that the company is finally done with the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the restrictions that followed it. The renowned Korean company Kangwo...
Macau’s gaming industry generated around MOP$3.2 billion (US$400 million) in gross gaming revenues over the first six days of August. The analysts of the investment bank JP Morgan noted that the region's daily ...
MGM China Holdings Ltd., a leading Macau-based developer, owner and operator of gaming resorts and accommodation in the Greater China region, revealed that is poised to install additional gaming tables and exte...
There are plenty of reasons to celebrate in the famous integrated resort Jeju Dream Tower. The popular South Korean resort, owned by Lotte Tour, reported the financial results for July, and they're fantastic - ...
A popular Asian games distributor, QTech Games, signed a deal with Turbo Games to allow its customers to enjoy some of the best titles created by the famous provider. The QTech Games’’ fans will get access to t...
The Macau gambling industry generated MOP$16.66 billion (US$2.06 billion) in gross gaming revenues in July 2023 to set the new post-pandemic monthly record of the region. The month of July thus exceeded the pre...