According to Macau\u2019s gaming law amendment bill, the chief executive has the right to terminate a gambling licence without judicial procedures if a casino operator breaches national security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Macau.- New details on the final draft of Macau\u2019s gaming law amendment bill have surfaced revealing that the bill would allow the chief executive to end a casino operator’s contract for reasons such as threats to national or city security, public interest or a breach of contractual obligations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The chief executive\u2019s decision would be subject to analysis by the Macao Gaming Committee<\/strong>\u200b\u200b\u200b. The casino operator would have the right to appeal the decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chan Chak Mo, president of the second standing committee of the Legislative Assembly<\/strong>, stressed that the decision to rescind a gambling licence would be under administrative scope, so a clearer definition is not needed, as it is not a judicial decision. He added that all of Macau\u2019s six gaming concessions support the bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He said threats to national security won’t be covered by criminal law\u00a0<\/strong>as procedures could take up to 10 years to be settled, almost as long as the concession lasts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The new gaming law bill was\u00a0approved at first reading<\/a>\u00a0by Macau’s Legislative Council and is expected to get a final reading by June. It will allow\u00a0up to six gaming concessions<\/a>\u00a0with a length of 10 years with the possibility of a 3-year extension.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lei Wai Nong<\/strong>, Macau\u2019s secretary for economy and finance, has confirmed that the territory\u2019s current casino licences will be extended until\u00a0December 31<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" According to Macau\u2019s gaming law amendment bill, the chief executive has the right to terminate a gambling licence without judicial procedures if a casino operator breaches national security.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":7951,"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 amended gaming law bill grants the Chief Executive the authority to terminate a casino operator's license without judicial review for breaches of national or city security, public interest, or contractual obligations. This administrative decision, subject to Macao Gaming Committee analysis and operator appeal, aims to expedite enforcement compared to lengthy criminal proceedings. The bill also confirms a structure of up to six 10-year concessions with a 3-year extension option, with current licenses extended until December 31.","focusai_entities":"Chan Chak Mo, Lei Wai Nong, Macao Gaming Committee, Legislative Assembly, Legislative Council, Macau\u2019s six gaming concessions","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 (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"National Security Definition","query":"What specific, actionable criteria will define 'national security' breaches under the amended Macau gaming law, and how will these be communicated to concessionaires to ensure clarity and predictability?"},{"label":"Appeal Process Efficacy","query":"How will the administrative appeal process for license termination decisions ensure due process, transparency, and a fair hearing for affected casino operators, given the absence of judicial review?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,156],"tags":[23911,23906],"class_list":["post-27816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-regulation-news","tag-gambling-regulation","tag-macau-casinos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27816","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=27816"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27816\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27829,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27816\/revisions\/27829"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}