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 Philippines subsidiary of Asian casino investor Suncity Group Holdings Limited has reportedly sold off its remaining stake in the FOPM Group real estate business so as to better focus on a new gaming-friend...
The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer for Asian casino giant Genting Malaysia Berhad has reportedly purchased a substantial stake in a luxury yacht enterprise as part of an effort to help save his own firm’s...
In South Korea and local casino operator Lotte Tour Development Company Limited has reportedly taken an important step towards being able to bring a gambling element to its new Jeju Dream Tower development.
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Asian casino operator NagaCorp Limited has reportedly been told that it will not be given permission to build a proposed $350 million non-gambling entertainment development adjacent to Cambodia’s world-renowned...
Asian casino investor Suncity Group Holdings Limited has reportedly announced that it expects to release its 2020 financials next week featuring a respectable full-year profit attributable to shareholders of ab...
The almost 40 casinos in Macau are reportedly continuing to slowly recover from the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic after last week posting a rise of 18% month-on-month in daily aggregated gross gaming reve...
In Japan and the city of Osaka has reportedly launched the latest request for proposal (RFP) stage of its campaign to secure one of the nation’s coming trio of integrated casino resort licenses.
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In South Korea and the Chinese firm building an $800 million integrated casino resort near the port city of Incheon has reportedly been granted an official one-year extension to its construction deadline.
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The Asian Poker Tour (APT) is back in action with live events, after hosting two online editions via the GGPoker Network. The Asia-Pacific region hosted the APT Taiwan festival in Taipei, with the Chinese Texas...
British and Irish iGaming behemoth Flutter Entertainment has reportedly expanded into India’s growing online rummy market by purchasing a 50.1% stake in local innovator Junglee Games.
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Chinese real estate firm Landing International Development Limited has reportedly announced that it is now confident of recovering a large majority of the around $13.4 million that was stolen from a casino with...
In Japan and a prominent political figure has reportedly poured cold water on suggestions that the government of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga may be considering whether to legalize online casino gaming.
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A little over a week after inking deals to exit the American casino market and Las Vegas Sands Corporation has now reportedly announced that it will be turning its attention fully to Asia and possibly invest mo...
Officials in Nagasaki Prefecture have reportedly announced that whoever is selected as the jurisdiction’s preferred operating partner for its envisioned integrated casino resort will be required to hand over mo...
In Japan and the mayor for the port city of Tomakomai has reportedly declared that he is ‘very disappointed’ with a decision from the government of Hokkaido Prefecture to continue eschewing the chance to secure...