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This section of World Casino Directory deals specificially with Far East Asian casinos and gambling. The continent of Far East Asia has 10 countries with casinos in them and 5 countries with pari-mutuel facilities in them, including horse racing and dog racing or the newer racinos which have slots or video poker terminals within reach of the gamblers. Click the following articles for a run-down on specific gambling in this continent. Far East Poker for the poker guide, or Asian Lottery for Asia lottery results and lottery information and last but not least visit this page for gambling news in Far East Asia.

Largest Casino in Far East Asia

In Far East Asia you will find the country of Macau to have more casinos than any other country in Far East Asia, with 41 casinos and 22319 slots.

The largest casino in the continent of Far East Asia is Venetian Casino Resort which is located in Taipa, Macau. Venetian Casino Resort has 1100 table games and 12000 casino slot machines / video poker games (or other video terminal gaming machines).

Casinos in the Far East Asia

There are 10 countries with casinos in Far East Asia and 5 countries with pari-mutuel facilities in them, including horse and dog racing plus racinos.

Largest Casino in Far East Asia

In Far East Asia you will find the country of Macau to have more casinos than any other country in Far East Asia, with 41 casinos and 22319 slots.

The largest casino in the continent of Far East Asia is Venetian Casino Resort which is located in Taipa, Macau. Venetian Casino Resort has 1100 table games and 12000 casino slot machines / video poker games (or other video terminal gaming machines).

Far East Asian casinos

Casinos in Far East 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 Far East parts of Asia.

Gambling in the Far East

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.

Far East 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.

Pari-mutuel wagering in Far East Asia

Pari-mutuel wagering is common in Japan too with wagering on racing being legalized in the late 1940s and early 1950s in Japan. Today legal wagering is available on horse, bicycle, boat and motorcycle racing. Japan is renowned for its horse tracks in the areas of Chukyo and Nagoya racecourse in Aichi, the Fukushima Racecourse in Fukushima, and the Ohi racecourse and Tokyo racecourse in Tokyo. In Korea too, pari-mutuel wagering plays a major part with over 22 million Koreans engaging in horse racing, cycling and casino betting every year.