{"id":27891,"date":"2022-03-08T07:55:08","date_gmt":"2022-03-08T10:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=27891"},"modified":"2026-04-23T10:42:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T13:42:45","slug":"macau-says-gaming-table-and-slot-machine-cap-will-better-control-casino-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-says-gaming-table-and-slot-machine-cap-will-better-control-casino-market","title":{"rendered":"Macau says gaming table and slot machine cap will better control casino market"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Legislator Chan Chak Mo has said the proposal to limit the number of gaming tables and gaming machines aims to better control the scale of the casino market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Macau.- Debate continues around Macau\u2019s new gaming law amendment bill. At a Legislative Assembly committee, legislator Chan Chak Moas responded to concerns about limits on the\u00a0<strong>number of gaming tables and gaming machines<\/strong>\u00a0that gaming concessionaire will be permitted to operate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chak Mo\u00a0said the cap was intended to offer better control over the size of Macau&#8217;s gaming industry and to promote the &#8220;healthy development&#8221; of the market. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Casino operators in Macau are set to be given\u00a0<strong>minimum annual casino gross gaming revenue (GGR) targets<\/strong>, according to proposed\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-casino-licences-limited-to-six-with-a-duration-of-10-years\" target=\"_blank\">amendments to the gaming regulatory framework<\/a>. The incumbent secretary for economy and finance will be able to take back a table or machine if the game stock held by a concessionaire fails to meet the minimum annual GGR level set by the government for two consecutive years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Any increase or decrease in the game inventory of each casino must be approved by the secretary for economy and finance, even in the case of opening a new casino.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s been reported that the final draft of Macau\u2019s gaming law amendment bill may be submitted to the<strong>\u00a0Legislative Assembly (AL)<\/strong>\u00a0for discussion and a vote in June. <strong>Lei Wai Nong<\/strong>, Macau\u2019s secretary for economy and finance, has confirmed that the territory\u2019s current\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-casino-licences-to-be-extended-to-december-31-2022\" target=\"_blank\">casino licences will be extended until December 31<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legislator Chan Chak Mo has said the proposal to limit the number of gaming tables and gaming machines aims to better control the scale of the casino market.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":0,"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 Legislative Assembly is debating amendments to its gaming law, proposing limits on gaming tables and machines to control market scale and promote healthy development. Concessionaires will face minimum annual GGR targets, with non-compliance risking table\/machine forfeiture. Current casino licenses are extended until December 31.","focusai_entities":"Chan Chak Mo, Lei Wai Nong, Legislative Assembly","focusai_location":"Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (0.98), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (1.0), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Target Methodology?","query":"What specific methodology will the Macau government employ to establish and adjust the minimum annual GGR targets for each gaming concessionaire, and how will this account for market fluctuations and external economic factors?"},{"label":"Concessionaire Operational Impact?","query":"Beyond table\/machine forfeiture, what are the broader operational and capital expenditure implications for concessionaires striving to meet these new GGR targets and secure asset approvals for inventory adjustments?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,156,158],"tags":[23911,23906],"class_list":["post-27891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-regulation-news","category-slider-home","tag-gambling-regulation","tag-macau-casinos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27891","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=27891"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27891\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27913,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27891\/revisions\/27913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}