{"id":28133,"date":"2022-03-16T09:09:48","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T12:09:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=28133"},"modified":"2026-04-23T10:28:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T13:28:55","slug":"macau-will-maintain-commission-rate-for-vip-junkets-legislator-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-will-maintain-commission-rate-for-vip-junkets-legislator-says","title":{"rendered":"Macau will maintain commission rate for VIP junkets, legislator says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Authorities say they’re not planning to adjust the commission rate for VIP junkets, which is currently capped at 1.25 per cent for rolling chip turnover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Macau.- Chan Chak Mo, head of the committee that\u2019s\u00a0evaluating the final draft of Macau\u2019s gaming law amendment bill<\/strong>, has said that the Macau government has no current plans to adjust the commission rate for VIP junkets, which is currently capped at 1.25 per cent. He said some legislators had asked him if the government could raise the limit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Concerns arose as\u00a0the final draft of Macau\u2019s gaming law amendment bill<\/a> stipulates that junket operators can only earn commissions from their gaming promotion work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chan Chak Mo said: \u201cApart from earning commission for their work, junkets cannot earn any other forms of income, such as revenue split or bonuses.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bill would also ban junkets from engaging in revenue-sharing arrangements with casino operators and from operating certain areas or facilities in casino venues.\u00a0Junket operators will each be able to provide services to only one casino operator<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Macau\u2019s Legislative Council approved the first reading of the gaming law amendment bill<\/a> with just one vote against it on January 24.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Authorities say they’re not planning to adjust the commission rate for VIP junkets, which is currently capped at 1.25 per cent for rolling chip turnover.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":21513,"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 authorities have confirmed no immediate plans to adjust the 1.25% VIP junket commission cap. The proposed gaming law amendment bill will restrict junkets to commission-only earnings from gaming promotion, explicitly prohibiting revenue splits or bonuses with casino operators. Furthermore, each junket will be limited to providing services to a single casino operator, fundamentally reshaping B2B relationships within the gaming vertical.","focusai_entities":"Chan Chak Mo, Macau government, Macau\u2019s Legislative Council","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), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR\/NGR Projections?","query":"What are the projected GGR and NGR impacts for Macau's concessionaires, specifically within the VIP gaming vertical, under the revised junket commission and operational frameworks?"},{"label":"Competitive Landscape Shift?","query":"How will the 'one junket, one operator' mandate influence the competitive landscape, market share distribution, and B2B licensing strategies among Macau's integrated resorts?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,154,158],"tags":[23911,23906],"class_list":["post-28133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-legislation-news","category-slider-home","tag-gambling-regulation","tag-macau-casinos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28133","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=28133"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28133\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28157,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28133\/revisions\/28157"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}