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 central Vietnam and the firm behind the under-construction Hoiana integrated casino resort has reportedly announced that it has been granted a local casino operating license that is to remain valid until Dec...
In Japan and the government for Wakayama Prefecture has reportedly announced that two foreign firms have been passed through the request for proposal (RFP) stage of its campaign to secure one of the nation’s co...
In Vietnam and boutique casino operator Donaco International Limited has reportedly partially re-opened its gambling-friendly Aristo International Hotel some six weeks after being forced to temporarily close th...
American casino behemoth Las Vegas Sands Corporation has reportedly given up on its campaign to secure one of the coming trio of licenses to build and operate an integrated casino resort in Japan.
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The only casino in Vietnam that permits locals to gamble alongside foreign tourists has reportedly partially re-opened after being temporarily shuttered on March 31 in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Asian casino operator Landing International Development Limited has reportedly announced the inking of a deal that is to see China Yueda Group Holdings Limited purchase its Stepwide Developments subsidiary for ...
American casino operator Wynn Resorts Limited reportedly believes that its Wynn Macau Limited subsidiary has the ability to bounce back quickly once authorities in Macau lift a range of coronavirus-related trav...
In South Korea and the operator behind the Kangwon Land Casino has reportedly announced that the venue will be partially re-opened from tomorrow after being temporarily shuttered on February 23 as a result of t...
Portuguese online casino gaming company WeAreCasino has inked a content integration deal with British newcomer WooHoo Games that will expand its business in India.
The new collaboration will see the London-h...
In Macau and local casino operator SJM Holdings Limited has reportedly announced that it will be moving approximately 1,000 employees from its iconic Casino Grand Lisboa to work in its soon-to-open Grand Lisboa...
In the Philippines and prominent Asian junket firm Suncity Group has reportedly officially signed the lucrative arrangement that is to give one of its subsidiaries the right to operate the casino being planned ...
In Japan and the government for Wakayama Prefecture has reportedly announced that only two firms submitted official plans as part of the request for proposal (RFP) stage of its scheme to secure one of the natio...
Last month reportedly saw aggregated gross gaming revenues from the 39 casinos in Macau decrease by an unprecedented 96.8% year-on-year to slightly over $94.42 million as travel restrictions implemented due to ...
In the Japanese capital city of Tokyo and Tuesday reportedly saw 22 pachinko parlors close their doors just hours before they were due to be named and shamed by the local government for allegedly continuing to ...
International brokerage firm Sanford C Bernstein and Company has reportedly announced that the ultimate recovery of Macau’s casino market may well be hastened by the increasing resurgence of a pair of nearby ma...