{"id":27921,"date":"2022-03-09T06:51:45","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T09:51:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=27921"},"modified":"2026-04-23T10:41:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T13:41:11","slug":"macau-registered-only-78-people-with-gambling-disorders-in-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-registered-only-78-people-with-gambling-disorders-in-2021","title":{"rendered":"Macau registered only 78 people with gambling disorders in 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Macau\u2019s Social Welfare Bureau has confirmed only 78 gambling disorder cases were registered in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Macau.-\u00a0The Social Welfare Bureau (IAS)<\/a>\u00a0Central Registry System of Individuals with Gambling Disorders has reported only 78 cases of gambling disorders registered last year. Most of those seeking help for gambling addiction were in their 30s,\u00a075 per cent were men<\/strong> and more than 65 per cent were employed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The number of people registered in the system has been falling since hitting a high of 157 in 2017. Meanwhile,\u00a0the number of people filing requests for self-exclusion<\/strong>\u00a0with the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) in 2021 surged by 62 per cent year-on-year, to around 459.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If a person requests self-exclusion from a casino, the DICJ Director may restrict that person’s access to all or some of the casino venues for a maximum period of two years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Macau: 60% of problem gamblers receive family help<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Sheng Kung Hui (SKH) Macau Social Services Center<\/a> <\/strong>has published the results of a survey for which it interviewed 124 participants affected by a family member\u2019s gambling addiction. The purpose of the poll was to analyse the impact of gambling-related problems <\/strong>on family members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More than 60 per cent of respondents said they had helped a family member with their gambling addiction, either by paying off debt or paying most household expenses. More than 40 per cent said they felt they had a responsibility to pay off the debt of their family member, while 33 per cent said they should not \u201cinterfere\u201d with their relative\u2019s gambling behaviour to avoid damaging their relationship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Macau\u2019s Social Welfare Bureau has confirmed only 78 gambling disorder cases were registered in 2021.<\/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 Social Welfare Bureau reported a decline in registered gambling disorder cases to 78 in 2021, while self-exclusion requests processed by the DICJ surged by 62% year-on-year to 459. Concurrently, a survey highlighted that over 60% of families impacted by gambling addiction provided financial assistance, underscoring the broader societal implications of problem gambling despite the reported decrease in formal disorder registrations.","focusai_entities":"Social Welfare Bureau (IAS), Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ), Sheng Kung Hui (SKH) Macau Social Services Center","focusai_location":"Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.9), product_ux (0.7), tech_data (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Self-Exclusion Efficacy","query":"What specific policy or operational changes within Macau's regulatory framework or operator practices could explain the significant divergence between declining registered gambling disorder cases and the substantial increase in self-exclusion requests?"},{"label":"Family Impact & Support","query":"Given the survey findings on family financial support for problem gamblers, what enhanced governance frameworks or social welfare initiatives are being considered to mitigate the broader societal and economic impact of gambling addiction in Macau?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,23876],"tags":[23906],"class_list":["post-27921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-social-news","tag-macau-casinos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27921","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=27921"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27921\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27928,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27921\/revisions\/27928"}],"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=27921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}