About Asia-Pacific

In Asia there are 10 countries with Casinos and Gambling facilities. There is horse and dog racing, most countries have lotteries and the latest trend is the rise in the use of slots or video poker machines.

By far Macau has the most casinos with 46 casinos and over 5,000 slot machines, Macau also has the largest casino in Asia, the Venetian Macau.

The next largest casino in the continent of Asia is Casino de Genting which is located in Genting Highlands, Malaysia. Casino de Genting has 426 table games and 3140 casino slot machines.

Casinos in Asia
There are 23 countries with casinos in Asia and there is also horse and dog racing in Asia.

Casinos in Asia are visited by tourists across the world. These include casinos in different countries such as Taiwan, North and South Korea, China, Mongolia and Vietnam. However the most popular gambling destination in all of Asia are the Macau Casinos. This is the one spot in China it is legal to gamble. Here is an overview of the gambling industry in the various parts of Asia.

Gambling in Asia
Macau, is all set to become the next most popular location for casinos and gambling. Japan is also a nation of gamblers and has the maximum number of pachinko and pachislo machines at 5 million compared to worldwide figures of 2.4 million. The Japanese gambling industry in itself generates over $10 billion US dollars in revenue every year. Attempts are on in North Korea to gain foreign gamblers as Pyongyang aims to attract some $150 billion in foreign capital to the Shinuiju Special Administrative Region over the next five years through the operation of casinos, finance centers and international logistics facilities rather than manufacturing. Gambling is not yet made legal in China except Macau and at least 100 Chinese cross the border every day to gamble in Korea. They are the main clients at Korean casinos.

Asian Casino Locations
While illegal gambling is prevalent in Japan with over 200,000 illegal joints or shantis spread across the country, legalized gaming is all set to be introduced. As the public becomes more tolerant to gambling, licenses will soon be awarded to ten casinos. South Korean gambling joints include Paradise Casino in Busan, Cheju KAL Hotel & Casino and Cheju Oriental Hotel & Casino in Cheju City and Paradise Walker Hill Casino in Seoul. Korea’s only casino for Koreans is Gangwon Land and it generated 3 trillion yen in the past year. In South Korea, Gangdong-gu with 386 arcades is the No. 1 gambling area of the city, followed by Seocho with 347 arcades and Sungdong with 295. Amazingly in these districts, the number of arcades far exceeds the number of pharmacies or laundries.

Originally posted 2006-12-24 07:16:17. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

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