{"id":24097,"date":"2021-11-01T11:21:43","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T14:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=24097"},"modified":"2026-04-23T14:15:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T17:15:56","slug":"macau-electronic-table-games-must-also-add-flashing-clocks-by-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-electronic-table-games-must-also-add-flashing-clocks-by-2024","title":{"rendered":"Macau: electronic table games must also add flashing clocks by 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

All Macau casinos must add flashing clocks to electronic table games as well as to slot machines by the end of 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Macau.- The Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) has decided that player screens on electronic table games (ETG) in\u00a0all Macau casinos will also have to feature flashing clocks<\/strong>\u00a0by the end of 2024. It was already clear that the rule applied for slot machines<\/a>, but the regulatory agency has clarified that Directive 1\/2021 also applies to electronic table games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The measure aims to\u00a0prevent gambling harm<\/strong>\u00a0by ensuring gamblers know how long they have been playing. Screens must display the 12-hour-clock in the bottom right corner of the main screen. The clock must flash at the start of each play session and at least every 10 minutes of the session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Investment firm launches third Macau gaming fund<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Ossolinski Holdings<\/strong>, an investment firm founded in 2009 by Matthew Ossolinski, has announced the launch of its\u00a0Macau Gaming Fund III<\/strong>.\u00a0The fund\u2019s target customers are \u201ccontrarian investors\u201d who see a buying opportunity after a\u00a0new outbreak of Covid-19 cases<\/a>\u00a0hurt Macau\u2019s expectations for\u00a0October\u2019s Golden Week<\/a>\u00a0and led to a massive decline in visits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Macau casino operators stocks also fell heavily<\/a> after the government suggested changes to the current city\u2019s gaming laws amid a public consultation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ossolinski Holdings said: \u201cOf course, there are risks and concerns, such as increased government interference in dividend distributions. However by the time, there is so-called certainty, the stocks likely won\u2019t be cheap anymore<\/strong>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

All Macau casinos must add flashing clocks to electronic table games as well as to slot machines by the end of 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":22573,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Macau Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) has mandated that all electronic table games (ETGs) and slot machines in Macau casinos must display flashing clocks by the end of 2024 to promote responsible gambling. Concurrently, Ossolinski Holdings has launched its Macau Gaming Fund III, targeting contrarian investors seeking opportunities amidst recent market downturns and regulatory uncertainties in the region.","focusai_entities":"Macau Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ), Ossolinski Holdings, Matthew Ossolinski","focusai_location":"Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.95), operator_casino (0.95), product_ux (0.8), tech_data (0.85), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"CapEx impact of clock mandate?","query":"What is the estimated CapEx impact for Macau operators to implement the flashing clock mandate across their ETG and slot machine fleets, and what is the projected timeline for full compliance?"},{"label":"Fund III influence on valuations?","query":"How might the launch of Macau Gaming Fund III influence the valuation multiples of publicly traded Macau concessionaires, particularly given the acknowledged regulatory risks and market uncertainties?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,16338,158],"tags":[23911,23906],"class_list":["post-24097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casino-news","category-east-asia-news","category-slider-home","tag-gambling-regulation","tag-macau-casinos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24097","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=24097"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24110,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24097\/revisions\/24110"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}