While the government of Vietnam considers whether to end its longstanding ban on a domestic casino market, the principal investor in the country’s largest gaming resort, the Grand Ho...
Contrary to Chairman Steve Wynn’s recent statements, Macau authorities say they’re still investigating a $50 million payment Wynn Resorts made to third parties obtain its Cotai land rights where...
The investment group behind the first casino in Russia’s Far East says “unforeseen obstacles” will prevent the resort, located near Vladivostok, from opening as planned at the end of...
Deutsche Bank warns that revenue growth in Macau’s vaunted mass market could be following the sharp declines witnessed in VIP over the last several months. September’s growth may not...
Five union leaders in Macau have been charged with civil disobedience after months of public protests by casino workers culminated in the threat of a strike during the busy...
“Surprised”—that’s not a word we’d expect to hear when it comes to gaming demand in Macau. But after four straight months of year-on-year revenue declines that’s how sources are...
The fourth resort complex at Manila’s Entertainment City is scheduled to break ground in 90 days and open in 2018. That’s the word from Travellers International, the company behind...
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...