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.
Apparently, heavy lifting was involved in the reported theft of over KRW14.5b (US$13.4m) in cash from South Korean casino operator Landing International Development Limited's Jeju Shinhwa World resort casino. T...
Asian casino operator MGM China Holdings Limited has reportedly responded to an earlier recommendation from one of its minority investors by announcing that it has no plans to begin restructuring its business.
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In Japan and Nagasaki Prefecture has reportedly initiated the 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 Macau and a prominent investor in local casino operator MGM China Holdings Limited has reportedly urged the enterprise’s majority shareholder, MGM Resorts International, to sell up to 20% of its own stake to...
American casino behemoth MGM Resorts International could reportedly seriously damage its chances of being able to enter the Japanese market by moving ahead with its attempt to purchase prominent iGaming and spo...
Asian junket operator Suncity Group Holdings Limited has reportedly announced that it intends to begin construction on the second phase of its $4 billion Hoiana integrated casino resort from sometime later this...
In Japan and a trio of new firms are reportedly now interested in taking part in the request for proposal (RFP) stage of the attempt to bring an integrated casino resort to Nagasaki Prefecture.
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The 39 casinos in Macau could at long last be about to begin recovering from their coronavirus-induced downturns after seeing aggregated fourth-quarter mass-market gross gaming revenues reach the ‘highest level...
SJM Holdings Ltd.’s, Macau operations unit, Sociedade de Jogos de Macau SA (SJM) has announced it plans to pay qualifying employees what is being called ‘living subsidies.’ The subsidy will be equal to two mont...
The four foreigner-only casinos located in and around the South Korean capital of Seoul are reportedly set to remain closed for at least another two weeks after local authorities extended a range of strict coro...
The government of South Korea has reportedly granted Kangwon Land Incorporated a three-year license extension so as to allow the company to continue running the nation’s prestigious Kangwon Land Casino until th...
South Korean casino operator Grand Korea Leisure Company Limited has reportedly extended the temporary coronavirus-related closure of its three Seven Luck Casino-branded venues for another six days until at lea...
In China and the standing committee of the National People’s Congress has reportedly approved new legislation that is to bring in tough penalties for anyone found guilty of facilitating overseas gambling.
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In Japan and the government for Nagasaki Prefecture has reportedly announced that it will be launching the request for proposal (RFP) stage of its effort to secure one of the nation’s coming trio of integrated ...
In Japan and the coalition government of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga (pictured) has reportedly published the concluding segment of its definitive criteria for those jurisdictions hoping to win the right to ho...