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 amount of cash the Macau casino industry contributed to the local economy in 2018 reportedly hit a four-year high at almost $25.2 billion while the sector’s annual gross surplus grew by 14.8% when compared ...
In the Philippines and the nation’s Finance Secretary has reportedly made good on an official pledge to crack down on all licensed online gambling operators found not to be paying the appropriate amount of tax....
In the Philippines and Landing International Development Limited has reportedly announced that it has initiated a search in hopes of finding a new plot of land on which to construct its envisioned $1.5 billion ...
The government of Macau has reportedly announced that it recorded a 1.5% increase year-on-year in combined tax revenues from gaming for the eight months to the end of August to approximately $9.48 billion.
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Global credit ratings firm Fitch Ratings Incorporated has reportedly declared that the economies of several Asian nations with casino gambling are being weakened due to the ‘softening global demand and uncertai...
Asian casino and entertainments firm, Amax International Holdings Limited, has reportedly announced a plan that would see it change its name to Century Entertainment International Holdings Limited.
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In Macau and the enclave’s Economy and Finance Secretary has reportedly warned that aggregated gross gaming revenues for September are likely to be lower when compared with the same month last year.
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The boss for prominent Asian junket operator, Suncity Group, has reportedly predicted that Macau could see an up to 20% decline year-on-year in fourth-quarter aggregated gross gaming revenues to around $7.79 bi...
In the Philippines, President Rodrigo Duterte (pictured) has reportedly rejected a request from authorities in China to ban all online gambling over concerns that doing so may harm his nation’s fragile economy....
In the Philippines and the operator behind the Widus Hotel and Casino has reportedly announced that the property has been granted a ‘regular gaming license’ by the nation’s Philippines Amusement and Gaming Corp...
In Cambodia and ‘a large number of Chinese nationals’ have reportedly started to leave the seaside community of Sihanoukville following last month’s decision by the government for the Southeast Asian nation to ...
Three weeks after joining the race for one of the three casino licenses being made available in Japan and the city of Yokohama has reportedly announced that it will be hosting a special event for local firms in...
South Korean casino operator, Paradise Company Limited, has reportedly released its financial results for August showing that it experienced a 36.1% increase year-on-year in aggregated gross gaming revenues to ...
July reportedly saw aggregated ticket sales in China for the nation’s pair of state-sponsored lottery games deteriorate by some 40.1% year-on-year to stand at slightly above ¥32.73 billion ($4.56 billion).
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The Prime Minster for Cambodia, Hun Sen (pictured), has reportedly declared that his government intends to cease issuing or renewing online gambling licenses by the end of the year as it looks to preserve publi...