{"id":16922,"date":"2021-04-16T16:12:19","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T16:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=16922"},"modified":"2026-04-23T20:17:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T23:17:59","slug":"melco-achieves-accreditation-from-responsible-gambling-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/melco-achieves-accreditation-from-responsible-gambling-council","title":{"rendered":"Melco achieves accreditation from Responsible Gambling Council"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Melco has received accreditation from the Responsible Gambling Council for its casinos in Macau and the Philippines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Macau.-\u00a0<strong>Melco International Development\u00a0<\/strong>has announced that it has been awarded<strong>\u00a0third-party responsible gaming accreditation<\/strong>\u00a0by the Responsible Gambling Council (RGC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The RGC&#8217;s <\/strong>accreditation, which is valid for three years, is<strong>\u00a0designed to show that casino venues\u00a0<\/strong>comply with responsible gaming regulatory requirements.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An independent panel of <strong>responsible gaming specialist checks that requirements are met\u00a0<\/strong>before giving the certification. Melco is<strong>\u00a0the first operator in Macau and the Philippines to meet all of the requirements<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/melco-resorts-awards-ceo-us10m-worth-of-shares\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lawrence Ho<\/a>, Melco chairman and CEO, stated: &#8220;We are committed to the development and maintenance of a culture of responsible gaming in every jurisdiction in which we operate,&nbsp;<strong>respecting and fully cooperating with international government and gaming regulators<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Shelley White<\/strong>, CEO of the Responsible Gambling Council, said: \u201cResponsible Gambling Council is<strong>\u00a0proud to be able to support Melco\u2019s efforts in player education<\/strong>, employee training and harm minimization with evidence-based best practices in areas of responsible gaming.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Melco has received accreditation from the Responsible Gambling Council for its casinos in Macau and the Philippines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":16923,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Melco International Development has secured a three-year responsible gaming accreditation from the Responsible Gambling Council (RGC) for its Macau and Philippines casino operations. This independent third-party certification validates Melco's adherence to stringent responsible gaming regulatory requirements and best practices, positioning it as the first operator in these key Asian markets to achieve such a standard. This underscores Melco's commitment to robust governance frameworks and player protection.","focusai_entities":"Melco International Development, Responsible Gambling Council (RGC), Lawrence Ho, Shelley White","focusai_location":"Macau, Philippines","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.95), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"RGC Accreditation Impact","query":"What specific operational changes or investments did Melco undertake to meet the RGC's accreditation requirements, particularly concerning player education and employee training frameworks?"},{"label":"Regulatory Benchmark Implications","query":"How might Melco's RGC accreditation influence the regulatory expectations or compliance standards for other iGaming operators in Macau and the Philippines, and what are the potential competitive ramifications?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,16338],"tags":[23632,23907,23906,18488],"class_list":["post-16922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casino-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-integrated-resorts","tag-land-based-casino","tag-macau-casinos","tag-melco-resorts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16922"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16922\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16964,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16922\/revisions\/16964"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}