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.
Hard Rock International may have been busy acquiring the Mirage Hotel & Casino in Nevada recently, but they are still working to create a venue overseas. The company reiterated its commitment to Japan and p...
In South Korea and well-known local casino operator Grand Korea Leisure Company Limited has reportedly released its financial results for the whole of 2021 showing that its annual gross gaming revenues had drop...
Despite suffering through a range of coronavirus-related restrictions and the 41 casinos in Macau reportedly still managed to finish 2021 with aggregated annual gross gaming revenues of slightly over $10.81 bil...
In the Philippines, the government recently decided to close gaming facilities, including casinos, due to an increase in COVID-19 cases. It was recommended that the COVID-19 alert level in Manila move from 2 to...
The Tiger Resort Leisure and Entertainment Incorporated subsidiary of Japanese pachinko, slot and arcade games manufacturer Universal Entertainment Corporation is reportedly still interested in obtaining a list...
In South Korea and local casino operator Grand Korea Leisure Company Limited has reportedly announced that will be relocating the Seven Luck-branded gambling enterprise it runs within the Millennium Hilton Seou...
Asian casino operator Genting Singapore Limited has reportedly detailed that it will be winding up its eight-strong club of Japanese subsidiaries after earlier abandoning its campaign to bring a gambling-friend...
Casino operators have started shutting down junket operations in Macau. Both Melco Resorts and Entertainment Ltd., along with Wynn Macau Ltd. are no longer offering junket services in the SAR. It is expected th...
Licensed by the Government of Curacao, Crypto Millions Lotto is the largest digital lottery site in the world. The operator offers services in more than 180 countries, allowing players from all walks of life to...
In Cambodia and a local labor union has reportedly announced that its members with jobs at the gambling-friendly NagaWorld facility will be going on strike from Sunday as part of a row over pay and recent staff...
Up to 30% of junket business in the casino hotspot of Macau may reportedly soon abandon the more traditional high-value VIP segment of the market to be concerned solely with a clientele more interested in premi...
In the Philippines and Hann Philippines Incorporated has reportedly announced that it has officially soft-launched the $238.3 million first-stage redevelopment of its Widus Hotel and Casino following over three...
In Japan and Casinos Austria International has reportedly released an updated draft of just what its envisioned Las Vegas-style integrated casino resort for Nagasaki Prefecture may look like and feature.
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In a move that further expands its audience within the fast-growing online casino game niche, Stockholm-headquartered slots studio Lady Luck Games has signed an exclusive deal with media company King Features S...
Prominent credit ratings agency Fitch Ratings Incorporated has reportedly assigned a trio of firms behind some of the largest casinos in Macau with a ‘ratings watch negative’ appraisals largely due to ongoing ‘...