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.
The boss for American casino operator Las Vegas Sands Corporation has reportedly announced that his firm is in negotiations with ‘a major country’ in Asia regarding the possible development of a new gambling-fr...
The parliament of Singapore reportedly approved the city-state’s proposed Gambling Control Act on Friday alongside a measure that will see the jurisdiction establish an official regulatory agency for all local ...
In Japan and Nagasaki Prefecture has reportedly detailed that it is aiming to begin building its proposed integrated casino resort sometime next year in hopes of being able to open the Las Vegas-style facility ...
In Macau and every member of the enclave’s six-strong club of licensed casino operators is reportedly being asked to pay at least $6.2 million in order to have their lucrative local gambling concessions extende...
In the Philippines and local casino operator Leisure and Resorts World Corporation has reportedly announced that will use the slightly over $40 million it raised via a Friday private placement exercise to expan...
A prominent Asian financial services and trading specialist has reportedly predicted that local casino operator NagaCorp Limited may now be looking to sell off its under-construction Naga Vladivostok developmen...
The six-strong club of Hong Kong-listed casino operators in Macau reportedly saw the aggregated value of their shares drop by almost $3.5 billion over the weekend as investors exercised caution regarding the fu...
The international body that grades countries’ efforts at helping to prevent money laundering and the financing of terrorism has reportedly announced that the Philippines is to remain on its ‘grey list’ of monit...
The Asian Poker Tour (APT) will continue to offer events at Resorts World Manila (RWM) thanks to an exclusive deal signed recently by the two. The 12-year poker partnership is now continuing for two additional ...
Draft gaming legislation currently being debated in Macau could reportedly allow the enclave’s Chief Executive to rapidly terminate any local casino operating license should the holder be found to have breached...
Asian casino operator NagaCorp Limited has reportedly indefinitely suspended its plan to bring a $350 million Las Vegas-style gambling development to eastern Russia’s Primorye Integrated Entertainment Resort zo...
The many commercial and state-run casinos in the Philippines reportedly saw their aggregated gross gaming revenues for the final three months of 2021 increase by 21.7% year-on-year to reach approximately $554 m...
Asian leisure enterprise International Entertainment Corporation has reportedly announced that it is still in the process of negotiating the terms of its license to bring a proposed five-star casino hotel to th...
After signing a Basic Agreement to create an integrated resort in Osaka, it was announced that MGM Resorts and ORIX Corp have an escape clause connected to the deal. With the clause, the operator can choose to ...
Macau Casinos are doing quite well in 2022, as the most recent earnings figures have been released, showing an increase for February. In total, the region generated MOP$7.76 billion ($964 million) for the month...