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Sri Lanka's new President Maithripala Sirisena has put an end to three proposed casinos, including James Packer's $400 million project.

Chinese New Year celebrations welcome the Year of the Yang, honoring the Goat, Sheep and Ram.

Adelson defends Macau even as troubled market crimps Sands' earnings.

Analysts believe the Strip will continue its rebound, although gaming won’t be the primary reason.

In a statement Friday from the company’s Sands China Ltd., Sheldon Adelson, the 81-year-old billionaire and company founder, will replace Edward Tracy, whose retirement was announced in an SEC filing this week.

A casino for Phu Quoc Island, which will be part of a larger tourism complex, has been approved

Macau may have had a revenue decline, but the visitors are still coming.

A Chinese government official is hinting at a potential gaming tax increase ahead of license renewals for Macau's casino operators.

In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission Tuesday, Wynn Resorts Ltd. said it was slashing the CEO's salary to $2.5 million per year from $4 million.

Four out of five of the David Group's VIP gaming rooms to close in Macau.

80 people taken into custody in Paraguay illegal online gambling site raid, one man arrested.

In December 2014 PokerStars completed the rollout of casino table games to players in eligible markets on PokerStars.com and certain domains sharing liquidity on the global network.

Opposition leaders in the Malaysian parliament have called on Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, the minister of home affairs, to publicly explain why he became involved in the high-stakes gambling case.

New president in Sri Lanka spells doom for James Packer's $400 million casino-hotel plan.

Hollywood stars are featured in the premiere of Film-Teaser the unveiling of the 'Next-Generation' of thrilling leisure entertainment in Asia.

A survey in Macau and Singapore has shown strong enthusiasm for working in casinos.

Paul Phua and his son, Darren Phua, were among eight defendants charged in a multimillion-dollar scheme that accepted wagers on the World Cup soccer tournament in Brazil last year.

The worry is now about 2015 and what effect continued softness in the world’s largest gambling enclave will have on Nevada casino operators.

Macau feels the brush of first annual revenue decline, with month of December's startling 30.4% dip.

Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, Malaysia’s minister of home affairs, sent a letter earlier this month to Deputy FBI Director Mark Giuliano in Washington rebutting FBI claims that the lead defendant in the high-stakes betting case is tied to a powerful Chinese crime syndicate