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.
In the Philippines and a senior executive with the company behind the under-construction Emerald Bay Resort and Casino has announced that the facility’s planned premiere has been further delayed as a result of ...
In the Philippines and the operator behind the Resorts World Manila property has reportedly released its first-quarter financial results showing a net deficit of about $23 million owing to the impacts of the co...
In Macau and local businesswoman Angela Leong On-Kei (pictured) has reportedly become the sole owner of the 283-room L’Arc Macau venue after purchasing its Power Link Fortune Limited and City Honour Development...
Asian casino operator Galaxy Entertainment Group Limited is reportedly out of the race to help bring an integrated casino resort to the Japanese city of Yokohama after deciding not to take part in the request f...
In Macau and a group of legislators have reportedly called on the government to institute an official assessment regarding just how the city’s current crop of six licensed casino operators have performed over t...
In Japan and the government for Wakayama Prefecture has reportedly announced that Suncity Holdings Japan Company Limited has pulled out of the race to be named as the operator for the jurisdiction’s envisioned ...
Japanese 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 profit had declined by 90.7% year-on-ye...
American casino operator Wynn Resorts Limited has reportedly announced plans to spin off its Wynn Interactive Limited subsidiary into a newly-listed entity established in partnership with Austerlitz Acquisition...
In South Korea and local casino operator Grand Korea Leisure Company Limited has reportedly released its first-quarter financial results showing that its loss for the three-month period had increased by over 35...
Okura Holdings Ltd is a pachinko hall operator in Japan which recently announced that two of its halls are closing permanently. The two facilities were impacted greatly by the COVID-19 pandemic, so much so, tha...
The recovery process continues in Macau as gaming operators have recorded their best week since the early days in 2020 during Golden Week this month. Gross gaming revenues came in at around 50% of the levels th...
In Macau and local casino operator SJM Holdings Limited has reportedly announced that it expects to ‘soft launch’ its new Grand Lisboa Palace property before the end of June in advance of conducting a full thir...
In the Philippines and the giant Resorts World Manila and Solaire Resort and Casino properties have reportedly followed their neighboring Okada Manila venue in being officially licensed to offer online gaming t...
The economic recovery process continues in Macau. New reports have been provided for April totals, showing the region earned a gross gaming revenue of MOP$8.4 billion in April. This is equal to $1.05 billion in...
The introduction into Macau of a digital version of the yuan currency currently being trialled by the government of China should prove to be a long-term positive for the city’s collection of almost 40 casinos.
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