The politburo of Vietnam has just accepted the creation of a land-based casino on Phu Quoc, the largest island of the country, which is located 12 miles off the Cambodian coast.
Local investors also hope that the government will soon allow the opening of a similar establishment on the central island of Ly Son. More…

The Minister for Social Development in Northern Ireland, Nelson McCausland, has just announced that the land-based casinos will remain banned until the legislation is going to be debated in the National Assembly next year.
This decision puts a halt on the ambitious project of the Rank Group that wanted to build a gambling and entertainment facility for €23 million in the city of Belfast. More…

Three years after Burma, also called Myanmar, has escaped the military dictatorship that lasted for 50 years, the country in South-East Asia plans to open its market for land-based casinos.
The government is currently working on a new bill that would allow hotels to receive a license to set up a room dedicated to gambling on their premises. More…

The famous American director Martin Scorsese is currently directing an all-star cast with Robert De Niro, Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt in a short film to promote the new casino-hotel Studio City in Macau.
The hotel is being operated by Melco Crown Entertainment. More…

As Japan may soon authorise land-based casinos, the Universal Studios Japan group is currently looking for a partner to develop a gambling establishment in their theme park in Osaka.
The management is currently talking to several gaming groups, including MGM Resorts, Caesars Entertainment and Genting Bhd. More…

Goa is currently the only state in India that has authorised land-based casinos in their territory.
Now it is necessary that a regulatory authority must be established to control this industry.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is the party in power. More…

The Banyan Tree Holdings group of Singapore hopes to soon receive a permission from the Vietnamese government to open a casino in their Laguna Lang Co complex which they opened in March 2013.
An impact on the development of the establishment and the local economy More…

If you are a loyal reader of this blog, you will probably know that Japan has been working on a law to legalise casinos in their territory for several years now.
The Tokyo Olympics in 2020 appear to have accelerated the process, since the new law has been submitted to the Parliament. More…

Did you know that there are many players in the world who managed to make a fortune in an online or offline casino with just using a single bet of a few cents?
If you also want to be one of them, there is only one solution: you must play a slot machine with a large jackpot. More…

In the recent article with the name Jamaica could liberalise their market for online games we indicated that the country was working on a bill to legalise the gaming sector. However, we were also discussing the fact that the first license for a land based casino had been issued already. More…