{"id":17971,"date":"2021-05-17T14:54:31","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T14:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=17971"},"modified":"2026-04-23T19:29:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T22:29:45","slug":"macau-legislators-ask-for-an-evaluation-of-gaming-licensees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-legislators-ask-for-an-evaluation-of-gaming-licensees","title":{"rendered":"Macau legislators ask for an evaluation of gaming licensees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Macau legislators want an assessment of the current six gaming licensees’ performance and behaviour over the last twenty years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Macau.- Legislator Ella Lei Cheng I has said that\u00a0legislators\u00a0are suggesting the government conduct an assessment on\u00a0how Macau’s gaming companies have exercised their contracts<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The proposal comes ahead of a Legislative Assembly consultation session<\/strong><\/strong> to gather opinions on proposed amendments to Macau\u2019s gaming law<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was made in a meeting that was also attended by Macau\u2019s Secretary for Economy and Finance,\u00a0Lei Wai Nong<\/strong>, and\u00a0senior officials from Macau\u2019s casino regulator<\/strong>, the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to local media, government officials listened to legislators’ suggestions on changes to the licence criteria\u00a0<\/strong>to include requirements for operators to invest in\u00a0the diversification of Macau\u2019s economy.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In April,\u00a0a report entitled\u201cThe case of Covid-19 and Macao\u2019s destination- and gambling-dependent economy<\/strong>\u201d, argued that Macau should turn to online gambling and technology<\/a> to help its recovery from the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Macau\u2019s current casino licences will\u00a0expire in June 2022<\/strong>, but could be extended for up to five years under to the city\u2019s gaming laws<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MGM China and Sands China to host outreach vaccination services<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In order to\u00a0increase the vaccination rate<\/strong> in Macau, casino operators MGM China and Sands China will host vaccination services next week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MGM China\u00a0<\/strong>will host vaccinations on May 24 and 25. Sands China\u00a0<\/strong>from May 31 to June 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to health authorities,\u00a085,731 people in Macau have been vaccinated\u00a0<\/strong>with at least one dose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Leong Iek Hou<\/strong>, Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre coordinator, has revealed that vaccinated residents<\/strong>\u00a0will be allowed to go to public events such as concerts, sports competitions and festivals\u00a0without a negative nucleic acid test<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Macau legislators want an assessment of the current six gaming licensees’ performance and behaviour over the last twenty years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":17032,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Macau legislators are advocating for a comprehensive performance assessment of the six incumbent gaming licensees over the past two decades, preceding proposed amendments to the city's gaming law. This initiative includes suggestions for new licensing criteria mandating operator investment in Macau's economic diversification, impacting the renewal prospects for current concessions expiring in June 2022. Separately, MGM China and Sands China are facilitating vaccination services to bolster public health efforts.","focusai_entities":"Ella Lei Cheng I, Lei Wai Nong, Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau, MGM China, Sands China, Dr Leong Iek Hou, Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre","focusai_location":"Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (1.0), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (1.0), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"License Renewal Criteria","query":"What specific performance metrics and economic diversification commitments are likely to be incorporated into the revised Macau gaming law for license renewal, and how will they be weighted?"},{"label":"Operator Investment Impact","query":"How will the proposed mandate for operators to invest in Macau's economic diversification affect their capital expenditure plans, long-term profitability projections, and competitive positioning?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,154,158],"tags":[23911,23906],"class_list":["post-17971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-legislation-news","category-slider-home","tag-gambling-regulation","tag-macau-casinos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17971","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=17971"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17971\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17982,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17971\/revisions\/17982"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}