This article first appeared in the May/Jun 2012 issue of World Gaming magazine. Friday 30 March saw the long-awaited launch party of China Rouge. Our CEO Andrew W Scott was lucky enough to be invited to this exclusive event with an invitation list...
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BREAKING NEWS! HK$1m buy-in Manila Millions set for Apr 20 – Ivey and Dwan “seem confirmed”
World Gaming brings it to you first. Tomorrow Manila’s most prestigious casino, Resorts World Manila, will announce the biggest buy-in poker tournament ever held in the history of Asian poker. We are told none other than Phil Ivey and Tom...
AWS busto at China Poker Carnival in Sanya
My adventure at the China Poker Carnival has come to a premature end! About 10 minutes earlier Poker Portal Asia’s Adam Smith had strolled by. I casually remarked, “I’ll either be out or 45k by the end of the level.” I was right. It...
卓弈在三亚中国扑克嘉年华中出局
我的中国扑克嘉年华之旅提早结束!大约10分钟前亚洲扑克门户网站(Poker Portal Asia)的Adam...
From the CEO (#15)
World Gaming magazine, often referred to as WGM, continues to go from strength to strength. We’ve employed more staff, moved to a bigger office, launched our new website wgm8.com and embarked on an expanded editorial program. Please sign up at...
“Heir to the Throne” gaming tournament at Grand Lisboa
This article first appeared in the Mar/Apr 2012 issue of World Gaming magazine. Not only was February 11 Grand Lisboa’s fifth anniversary, the famous Macau casino also that day saw the culmination of its “Heir to the Throne”...
Viva Laos Vegas
This article first appeared in the Mar/Apr 2012 issue of World Gaming magazine. SAVAN VEGAS HOTEL CASINO Nongdeune Village, Kaishonephomvihan District, Savannakhet Province, Laos PDR Phone +856 41 252...
How to win a baccarat tournament part F: Middle going strategies
This article first appeared in the Mar/Apr 2012 issue of World Gaming magazine. Our tournament baccarat guru continues his fascinating series on the little-known art of winning baccarat tournaments. Welcome to part F of this series. Visit World...
"Heir to the Throne" gaming tournament at Grand Lisboa
This article first appeared in the Mar/Apr 2012 issue of World Gaming magazine. Not only was February 11 Grand Lisboa’s fifth anniversary, the famous Macau casino also that day saw the culmination of its “Heir to the Throne”...
Big Jim’s tip for 29 February: No tip!
Hi guys it’s a leap year, and today is the leap day, so confusion abounds. Sorry about this guys but today’s tip got quite tangled in the editorial process. By the time the tip actually made it to the website it wasn’t exactly...
Big Jim's tip for 29 February: No tip!
Hi guys it’s a leap year, and today is the leap day, so confusion abounds. Sorry about this guys but today’s tip got quite tangled in the editorial process. By the time the tip actually made it to the website it wasn’t exactly...
20th Asian Table Tennis Championships to be held in Macau
The 20th Asian Table Tennis Championships, authorized by the Asia Table Tennis Union and organized by the Macau Sport Development Board and the Macau Table Tennis Association, will take place from February 23 to March 1 at the Macau East Asian Games...
“Heir to the Throne” gaming tournament at Grand Lisboa
This article also appeared in the Mar/Apr 2012 issue of World Gaming magazine. Not only was today Grand Lisboa’s fifth anniversary, the famous Macau casino also today saw the culmination of its “Heir to the Throne” promotion, with...
"Heir to the Throne" gaming tournament at Grand Lisboa
This article also appeared in the Mar/Apr 2012 issue of World Gaming magazine. Not only was today Grand Lisboa’s fifth anniversary, the famous Macau casino also today saw the culmination of its “Heir to the Throne” promotion, with...
Biggest ever slot jackpot in the history of Macau goes off – HK$21 million!
You heard it here first! Around 1:30pm this afternoon the biggest ever slot jackpot in the history of Macau was won! The HK$21 million Fa Fa Fa Grand Jackpot was hit on a 5 Dragons slot machine by a ruby level Sands Rewards Club player from...
Rumor file: PokerStars Macau to move to City of Dreams?
Following the postponement of the 2012 Macau Millions (see related story “Pokerstars future at Grand Lisboa in doubt“), World Gaming has been contacted by industry sources who claim the signing of a deal between PokerStars Macau (PSM)...
2012 World Series of Poker schedule announced
The 2012 World Series of Poker schedule has now been announced. Once again the event will be held at the Rio all-suite casino in Las Vegas from late May until mid July. There will be an increase in the number of tables from 378 to 470, which will...
Pokerstars future at Grand Lisboa in doubt
Pokerstars future at Grand Lisboa is now clearly in doubt, after PokerStars Macau announced the 2012 Macau Millions has been postponed indefinitely. “Our current agreement to operate PokerStars Macau events and tournaments at Casino Grand...
Big Jim provides wgm8.com members with big winners in January
WGM members are getting richer by the day with Big Jim’s tips. After soft-launching our new website on December 9 last year, we began our sports bet of the day program on January 1, and it’s been a raging success. WGM’s sports betting expert...
Macau in 2020
This article first appeared in the Jan/Feb 2012 issue of World Gaming magazine. Let’s have a chat about Macau. Where is it headed? What is its future? Let’s make some predictions about where Macau might be in 2020. It’ll be fun! And feel free...
APPT adds Seoul to Season 5
The PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) has announced the return of Seoul to its schedule from next year. The season 5 Seoul leg will take place from March 7 to 11 at Paradise Walkerhill Casino, the same venue that hosted the Season 1 and...
歡迎來到全新改版的wgm8.com!
歡迎來到全新改版的wgm8.com!數月前我們承諾新網站將於1...
欢迎来到全新改版的wgm8.com!
欢迎来到全新改版的wgm8.com!数月前我们承诺新网站将于12月9日推出,这神奇的一天终于到来。与很多网站一...
Welcome to the new wgm8.com!
Welcome to the new wgm8.com! We’re so happy to be finally launching a website we can be proud of. We promised we would launch by Dec 9, and here we are on the day of our anniversary party, doing just that! Our very first promotion is a fantastic...
From the CEO (#13)
One of the best things about being CEO of World Gaming is that I get to interview some very famous people. I recently took the long journey all the way from Macau to Los Angeles to interview a man who has forged himself into publishing immortality...
Hef: The man behind the brand
This article first appeared in the Nov/Dec 2011 issue of World Gaming magazine. Playboy is one of the world’s great brands. When we see the golden arches we think of McDonalds, when we see a red can with white cursive writing we know we are...
Kampek high tech
This article first appeared in the Nov/Dec 2011 issue of World Gaming magazine. With 31 casinos in Macau including the thriving BIG8* first-tier properties it can be hard for the smaller second-tier and third-tier casinos to offer a differentiated...
How to win a baccarat tournament part E: introduction to the middle going
This article first appeared in the Nov/Dec 2011 issue of World Gaming magazine. There have been millions of words published on the many techniques for winning poker tournaments, but very little is in print about how to win a baccarat tournament. Our...
From the CEO (#12)
All of you know the spiritual home of World Gaming is Macau, China. Yes, we are a global magazine that can be found in such far flung places as London, Las Vegas, Toronto, Auckland and Mumbai; but apart from the global lingua franca of English our...
Fate in the cards: understanding baccarat trends part 2
This article first appeared in the Sep/Oct 2011 issue of World Gaming magazine. Welcome to the conclusion of our exposé on the mysterious art of following baccarat trends. Part 1 was the cover feature article of our Jul/Aug issue, and reading part...