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.
Asian casino operator New Silkroad Culturaltainment Limited has reportedly released its interim financial results for the six months to the end of June showing that gaming revenues had increased by 16.2% year-o...
Asian casino operator, Silver Heritage Group Limited, has reportedly announced that it has been served with a second interim injunction in Nepal relating to a plan that is to see it sell off its Tiger Palace Re...
Asian casino operator, Summit Ascent Holdings Limited, has reportedly revealed that its Tigre de Cristal venue recently experienced a 24% increase year-on-year in aggregated six-month revenues to approximately ...
The state-run Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCor) regulator has reportedly issued licenses to a pair of online gaming operators less than a week after implementing a temporary freeze on the pro...
In the Philippines and a senior official with the nation’s state-owned casino operator has reportedly announced that he expects his organization’s cumulative annual revenues from gaming to reach almost $1.41 bi...
In Macau and local businessman Ho Iat Seng (pictured) has reportedly been selected to replace the outgoing Fernando Chui Sai On and serve as the former Portuguese enclave’s third ever Chief Executive.
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Only a day after Las Vegas Sands Corporation revealed that it was abandoning a plan to bring an integrated casino resort to Osaka and the boss for rival American operator MGM Resorts International has reportedl...
Ahead of a planned meeting between the leaders of the two nations later this month and China has reportedly urged the Philippines to ‘ban all online gambling’ including those licensed operations that are being ...
In Macau and the latest government-backed visitor expenditure survey has reportedly shown that aggregated tourist spend on non-gaming activities during the second quarter dropped by some 4.8% year-on-year to st...
In Japan and the city of Yokohama has reportedly announced that it will be lodging a formal bid in hopes of securing one of the three casino licenses being made available following last year’s ratification of t...
The head of the nation’s gambling regulator in the Philippines has reportedly announced that the authority has stopped accepting license applications that give domestic iGaming firms the ability to offer their ...
Chinese law enforcement authorities are reportedly set to step up efforts at combating illegal cross-border online gambling as well as the underground banks and payment platforms that allow aficionados in the g...
Almost a month after unveiling the final designs for a planned $2 billion expansion of its Wynn Macau property and casino operator, Wynn Resorts Limited, has reportedly announced that it hopes this scheme will ...
Asian cruise ship operator, Genting Hong Kong Limited, has reportedly announced the signing of a deal that is to see it sell up to a 35% stake in its Dream Cruises brand to an entity controlled by private equit...
South Korean casino operator, Paradise Company Limited, has reportedly released its financial results for July showing that it experienced a 19.1% increase year-on-year in aggregated gross gaming revenues to ap...