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 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...
This week it was confirmed by MGM Resorts Japan that its Osaka IR (SPC) subsidiary signed a basic agreement with the prefecture and city of Osaka. The Osaka/Yumeshima Area Specified Complex Tourist Facilities D...
The Financial Services Bureau in Macau has announced the tax payments from the gaming industry for 2021. Last year, a total of MOP$33.91 billion ($4.22 billion) was paid by operators. This is an increase of 13....
Asian casino operator Genting Singapore Limited has reportedly expressed ‘a sense of optimism’ about the future despite seeing its net profit for the final six months of 2021 fall by 49% year-on-year to approxi...
Later this year, Singapore will establish a new gambling regulator known as the Gambling Regulatory Authority (GRA). The change will take place thanks to two new bills that were introduced for reading in Parlia...
In Las Vegas and the local branch of the International Union of Operating Engineers has called for the federal government to launch a formal investigation into the ‘historic relationships’ between American casi...
American casino operator MGM Resorts International has announced that its net revenues for 2021 rose by 88% year-on-year to top $9.7 billion as it chalked up record fourth-quarter adjusted earnings from its reg...
In Japan and the government for Wakayama Prefecture has reportedly been told that Caesars Entertainment Incorporated is planning to hold only a 5% stake in the jurisdiction’s envisioned integrated casino resort...