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.
This year, Macau will host a Global Gaming Expo (G2E) Asia in-person casino trade event. It will mark the first casino event to follow the 2019 show and the cancellations of 2020-2022 editions due to the Covid-...
Sands China Ltd, a premium Macau casino operator, announced that the company fully recovered from the Covid-19-related circumstances as its gaming volumes seen during the current Chinese New Year holiday period...
Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators’ revenues had to be monitored by the third-party auditor, and it’s not uncommon - but what is surprising is that the third-party auditor doesn’t possess the business permit....
The trial of Alvin Chau, former CEO of Suncity Group, has finally ended. Macau Court of First Instance sentenced Chau, who was in charge of a Macau junket operator, to 18 years in prison. He has been found guil...
Ahead of Chinese New Year, casino workers in Macau may have to work overtime due to increased consumer demand following a three-year calm due to COVID-19, throughout which some gaming staff received promotions ...
The House of Representatives of Thailand has approved a report that proposed the foundation of casino-integrated resorts in a certain number of locations across the country. The approval is a step forward to mo...
On Wednesday, January 11, 2023, Macau's Judiciary Police apprehended 15 locals for supposed connections to an illegal online gambling organization that has reportedly amassed $3.69 billion in bets since 2017.
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Beijing states that various countries are ''taking discriminatory entry restriction measures targeting China” after the country saw a rapid decline in COVID-19 cases and opened up to foreign countries. Chinese ...
Smartphones and other gadgets have reshaped the community during the last few years, and different industries needed to change to fulfill new technological requirements. The gambling industry is not an exceptio...
From December 30, 2022, Cambodia's Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) began applying the latest revenue-based rules for taxes and procedures for commercial gambling business, aka casinos, to the self-proclai...
JP Morgan, a famous investment bank, has altered its estimated earnings for the first quarter of 2023 for Macau gaming operators. These alterations are a consequence of last week’s news: most of the border rest...
Everygame Poker, the popular poker, and casino games provider announced that all depositing players could claim free spins on four slots from Betsoft this week. From today until January 16, players will get fr...
India has outlined legislation that will regulate online gaming for the first time. The state authorities are seeking to address rising addiction-related complaints in this field that falls between gambling and...
Grand Korea Leisure Co Ltd, a South Korean operator who is in charge of foreigner-only casinos, had an incredibly successful last year.
The great increase:
Casino sales for 2022 have significantly increa...
After a six-month period of direct administration by Macau gaming licensee, SJM Resorts Ltd., a subsidiary of Hong Kong-based SJM Holdings Ltd., Emperor Entertainment Hotel's subsidiary, Tin Hou Ltd. based in H...