{"id":23672,"date":"2021-10-19T11:21:38","date_gmt":"2021-10-19T14:21:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=23672"},"modified":"2026-04-23T14:39:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T17:39:27","slug":"macau-set-to-register-lowest-problem-gambling-rate-in-a-decade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-set-to-register-lowest-problem-gambling-rate-in-a-decade","title":{"rendered":"Macau set to register lowest problem gambling rate in a decade"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Macau’s Social Welfare Bureau has reported that the city is likely to record its lowest problem gambling rate in a decade with only 25 cases registered in the first six months of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Macau.- According to statistics from the Macau Social Welfare Bureau, the city is expected to record its lowest level of reported problem gambling<\/strong> in the past decade. In the six months ended June 30, 25 people had gambling-related issues \u2013 all Macau ID cardholders. Last year, there were 77 cases and 90.9 per cent were locals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the numbers, 84 per cent of the total problem gamblers are men<\/strong>, and the largest single group (32 per cent) are aged between 30 and 39. Some 15 per cent of registrants are casino dealers<\/strong>. Another 10 per cent are engaged in work related to gambling. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moreover, 16 per cent have been gambling for 20 years or more. Among the recorded problem gamblers, 24 per cent spend an average of between MOP10,000 (US$1,248) to MOP50,000 per month on gambling. Half of the total bet is on baccarat, the table game of choice for most players in Macau casinos. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Macau gaming law consultation sessions rescheduled<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Authorities in Macau<\/a> have rescheduled the public consultation sessions on gaming laws that were cancelled due to the outbreak of local Covid-19 cases<\/a> and Typhoon Kompasu<\/a>. The public sessions will now be held between October 22 to 25 <\/strong>in morning and evening sessions to comply with social distancing regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lei Wai Nong<\/a>, secretary for economy and finance, has said that the schedule for the consultation would continue for the planned 45 days<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After Macau\u2019s gaming law revision is finished, there will be 180 days to write the final report<\/strong>, after which a draft will be submitted to the Legislative Assembly for additional conversation. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Macau’s Social Welfare Bureau has reported that the city is likely to record its lowest problem gambling rate in a decade with only 25 cases registered in the first six months of the year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":17733,"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 has reported its lowest problem gambling rate in a decade, with only 25 cases in H1, predominantly male locals aged 30-39, including casino dealers. Concurrently, public consultation sessions for Macau's critical gaming law revision have been rescheduled, with a 45-day consultation period followed by a 180-day report drafting phase before submission to the Legislative Assembly.","focusai_entities":"Macau Social Welfare Bureau, Lei Wai Nong, Legislative Assembly","focusai_location":"Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (1.0), affiliate_publisher (0.7), product_ux (0.7), tech_data (0.7), marketing_crm (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Gaming Law Impact?","query":"What specific changes are anticipated in Macau's gaming law revision that could impact concessionaire profitability, market structure, and B2B licensing frameworks?"},{"label":"Responsible Gambling Strategy?","query":"How might the demographic profile of problem gamblers in Macau influence future responsible gambling initiatives, operator obligations, and the allocation of social welfare resources?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,23876],"tags":[229,23907,23906],"class_list":["post-23672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-social-news","tag-gambling","tag-land-based-casino","tag-macau-casinos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23672","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=23672"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23672\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23698,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23672\/revisions\/23698"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}