Japan-based Nikkei Inc. is betting on Asian gambling operators to become one of the biggest and fastest-growing companies in the region.

Nikkei has created an exclusive list of 300 “companies to watch” from 10 Asian countries and regions, which includes several gaming companies in Asia Pacific.

The gaming companies who made it in the newly-created Nikkei Asia 300 Investable Index includes Hong Kong-listed gaming company Galaxy Entertainment Group (GEG); Philippine-listed casino operator Bloomberry Resorts; South Korean casino operator Kangwon Land Inc; Genting Singapore Plc, the operator of Resorts World Sentosa in Singapore; and Genting Malaysia Bhd, which runs Resorts World Genting, Malaysia’s only casino resort, and operates casinos in the United States, the Bahamas and the United Kingdom.

In handpicking the companies to be included in Nikkei Asia 300, Nikkei said they considered the market capitalization, as well as growth potential and geographic balance.