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 South Korea and the Chinese firm behind the plan to bring an $800 million integrated casino resort to a 1,087-acre site near the port city of Incheon has reportedly secured additional funding worth in the re...
In Japan and legislation is set to take effect from Monday that will lay out the basic rules governing the nation’s planned trio of integrated casino resorts as well as the specific duties and responsibilities ...
The government for Singapore has reportedly proposed a series of amendments to its laws that would legalize some forms of social gaming while simultaneously placing caps on video game ‘loot boxes’ and other ass...
In Macau and casino operator Melco Resorts and Entertainment Limited has reportedly announced the launch of a special share purchase program for the members of its management who participated in last year’s vol...
In the Philippines and the individual share prices for some of the nation’s largest casino operators have reportedly risen sharply following a dramatic change of heart from President Rodrigo Duterte (pictured)....
Casino operators across South Korea are reportedly facing the real prospect of being forced to temporarily close their venues yet again owing to a recent spike in local coronavirus infections.
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Indian gaming and hospitality firm Delta Corp Limited has reportedly announced that it has re-opened its gambling-friendly property in the far northeastern state of Sikkim following the local government’s decis...
In South Korea and local casino operator Grand Korea Leisure Company Limited has reportedly announced that its aggregated gross gaming revenues for June rose by 45.6% month-on-month to top $13.1 million.
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The casino hotspot of Macau reportedly posted an impressive rise of 812.5% year-on-year in aggregated gross gaming revenues for June to slightly over $817.1 million despite the recent implementation of a new ra...
Asian casino and entertainments firm Century Entertainment International Holdings Limited has reportedly revealed that its loss for the twelve months to the end of March grew by almost 13% year-on-year to top $...
The government of Vietnam is reportedly considering whether to extend a pilot program that allows locals to gamble within a narrow selection of the nation’s casinos by another two years.
According to a repor...
The international body that examines and grades countries’ efforts at helping to prevent money laundering has reportedly placed the Philippines on its ‘grey list’ and recommended that the jurisdiction up its ef...
In Japan and one of the candidates running to be elected as the next mayor for Yokohama has reportedly come out against the giant city’s plan to bring an envisioned integrated casino resort to a 116-acre parcel...
In Japan and a local consortium known as The Niki and Chyau Fwu (Parkview) Group has reportedly confirmed that it has lodged an official bid for the right to build and run the integrated casino resort being pla...
The owner of Macau’s luxury The 13 hotel has reportedly applied to have its wholly-owned New Concordia Hotel Limited subsidiary placed into voluntary liquidation with paid-up assets of approximately $3,120.
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