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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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.
American investment bank JPMorgan Chase and Company has reportedly predicted that Macau casino operator SJM Holdings Limited is unlikely to pursue a policy of purchasing any further ‘satellite’ gambling assets....
In Macau and casino operator SJM Holdings Limited has reportedly announced that it is to issue convertible five-year bonds worth slightly over $242.82 million so as to be able to buy the Casino Oceanus at Jai A...
Asian casino operator Genting Malaysia Berhad has reportedly released its first-quarter financial results showing that its aggregated revenues for the three-month period had increased by 176.2% year-on-year to ...
Law enforcement officials in Macau have reportedly issued indictments against 21 individuals linked to former Asian junket giant Suncity Group concerning charges of money laundering, illegal gambling and associ...
Online casino platform and aggregator GrooveGaming has had "an injection" of new content from Samoa-based games studio KA Gaming after adding the Asian casino software developer's portfolio of nearly 400 titles...
The second largest operator of pachinko parlors in the whole of Japan, Dynam Company Limited, has reportedly announced that its net profit for the twelve months to the end of March more than doubled to top a ve...
Global brokerage and investments firm Morgan Stanley has reportedly warned that the combined debt of the six licensed casino operators in Macau could exceed $25 billion by the end of the year owing to China’s o...
In the Philippines and Universal Hotels and Resorts Incorporated has reportedly announced that it is to ramp up gaming operations within its Nustar Resort and Casino over the course of the next few months follo...
Global investments research firm Sanford C Bernstein Limited has reportedly predicted that China could begin relaxing some of its controls on the movement of cash into Macau if the enclave was to adopt the digi...
In the Philippines and casino operator Bloomberry Resorts Corporation has reportedly announced that it is planning to bring a new gambling-friendly resort to a 691-acre plot of land located some 37 miles south ...
Global investment bank Credit Suisse Group AG has reportedly warned that Macau could see its aggregated gross gaming revenues crash by as much as 20% this year owing to China’s burgeoning crackdown on granting ...
The ultimate appellate court for Macau has reportedly found local casino operators MGM China Holdings Limited and Wynn Macau Limited ‘jointly and severally liable’ for nine junket-related deposits.
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In Japan and gaming conglomerate Sega Sammy Holdings Incorporated has reportedly released its financial results for the twelve months to the end of March showing that its net sales had increased by 15.6% year-o...
In Macau and legislators are reportedly preparing to chuck out a provision within the under-consideration draft gaming bill that would prevent anyone with more than a 5% shareholding in a local casino operator ...
As part of a new probe into the global iGaming industry and the Asian Racing Federation has reportedly announced that it believes up to 61% of online gambling domains are effectively operating illegally with ju...