The Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) has revealed that on top of Macau’s 46 confirmed junket operators, there are 29 operators still waiting for approval to operate in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Macau.- After reporting that the number of junket licences has fallen from 85 in 2021 to 46<\/a> this year, Macau’s Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) has confirmed that it is still evaluating whether 29 previously licensed junket operators will be allowed to operate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In 2021, 85 junket operators were licensed by the DICJ, but the list of authorised operators published in the Official Gazette for 2022 showed a drop of almost half to 46. However, the DICJ has now announced that it is still reviewing 29 renewal applications<\/strong>, which it said will be processed in accordance with the law\u00a0after all the necessary documents have been prepared by the parties concerned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The gaming promoter licence renewal application period began in September 2021. The number of licences has been falling each year. In 2013 there were 235 junket operators in Macau. The sector has been in crisis following the arrest of\u00a0Alvin Chau Cheok Wa<\/a>, CEO of Suncity Group on cross-border gambling and money laundering accusations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the proposed\u00a0amendments to Macau\u2019s gaming regulatory framework<\/a>,\u00a0\u00a0junket operators will only be allowed to provide services to only one casino operator. Macau\u2019s Legislative Council has approved the first reading of the gaming law<\/a>\u00a0amendment bill with just one vote against it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) has revealed that on top of Macau’s 46 confirmed junket operators, there are 29 operators still waiting for approval to operate in 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":26697,"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's Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) has confirmed a significant reduction in licensed junket operators for 2022, with 46 approved and 29 applications still under review. This contraction follows the arrest of Alvin Chau and proposed regulatory amendments, including a new rule limiting junkets to a single casino operator.","focusai_entities":"Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ), Suncity Group, Alvin Chau Cheok Wa, Macau's Legislative Council","focusai_location":"Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (1.0), payments_fraud_aml (0.9), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on VIP GGR?","query":"What is the projected impact on Macau's VIP GGR and overall market share for integrated resorts given the reduced junket count and the 'one casino, one junket' rule?"},{"label":"Junket Regulatory Reshaping?","query":"How will the DICJ's enhanced regulatory oversight and the new gaming law amendments reshape the B2B licensing landscape and compliance burden for remaining junket operators?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338,158],"tags":[23911,23906],"class_list":["post-26667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-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\/26667","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=26667"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26667\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26711,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26667\/revisions\/26711"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}