Vietnam is so important to Cambodia’s casino market that the prospect of the country opening its casinos to domestic play finds its smaller neighbor considering the same thing. Cambodia’s...
What do you offer the Macau VIP who has everything? The financier behind the luxury Louis XIII hotel believes he has the answer, and part of it lies with...
The threat of a dealers strike during the busy Golden Week holiday has brought the law down on the founders of two labor groups representing Macau casino workers. Four...
Not everyone in Cambodia is happy about the success of Phnom Penh’s monopoly NagaWorld casino (l.)—namely, a group of Buddhist monks who fear the property’s steady expansion is pushing...
Analysts believe a Japanese casino industry easily will be worth $10 billion or more, centered on major resorts in Tokyo and Osaka. But Tokyo’s new governor. Yoichi Masuzoe (l.),...
Analysts expect September will be another down month for Macau gaming revenue as headwinds out of China continue to buffet the world’s largest casino market. If they’re right, it...
When the Philippines government hit Manila’s new megaresort licensees with corporate income tax, PAGCOR responded by reducing their license fees. Not everyone is happy about that, and Senator Joseph...
A workers rights group representing dealers and casinos floor staff has gone to the Macau government in a bid to bring SJM Holdings to the bargaining table over pay...
Las Vegas Sands likes South Korea’s resort gaming potential and has identified a site in Seoul where it would build something on the scale of Marina Bay Sands. LVS...
Macau’s casino boom is hitting stiff headwinds, with revenue down year on year for a third straight month and no rebound in sight before early next year. At the...
Talk about star power, how about Robert De Niro (l.), Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt together in a film directed by Martin Scorsese? That’s the plan as Melco Crown...
The Vietnamese government is crafting new casino regulations for the prime minister’s approval, and it’s expected they’ll include provisions for opening the industry for the first time to the...
A lawmaker in the Philippines wants the country’s citizens to pay Singapore-style entry fees to enter casinos. The bill is aimed at protecting those who can least afford to...
The new governor of South Korea’s popular resort island of Jeju, Won Hee-ryong (l.), has stopped Genting’s planned casino hotel from breaking ground. He’s concerned the island has too...
Authorities in India differ on whether poker and rummy are games of skill or gambling games, and the Supreme Court to expected to issue a ruling that could be...
Tokyo’s Tsukiji district (l.) has emerged as a contender with Odaiba as the preferred location for a super-casino in the Japanese capital. James Murren is among those who’ve toured...
As Macau Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On (l.) breezes to re-election, the priorities he’s unveiled for his second term don’t look so good for gaming. The industry’s growth...
With an eye on the booming Chinese tourist market the government of South Korea wants more large-scale resort casinos, like the planned Paradise City (l.), a partnership of Korean...
Galaxy Entertainment has put out a big “Help Wanted” sign. In a tight labor market beset by rising staff costs the Macau casino giant says at the end of...
Macau casino giant Sands China said net income rose 45.7 percent in the first six months of the year on the back of strong mass-market revenues. Parisian Macao, meanwhile,...