{"id":29380,"date":"2022-04-28T10:14:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-28T13:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=29380"},"modified":"2026-04-23T09:11:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T12:11:56","slug":"macau-drop-in-the-number-of-local-gamblers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-drop-in-the-number-of-local-gamblers","title":{"rendered":"Macau: drop in the number of local gamblers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Institute for the Study of Commercial Gaming found the that the number of resident players has fallen in the last 12 months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Macau.- A survey by Davis Fong Ka Chio<\/strong>, director of the Institute for the Study of Commercial Gaming, has found that the percentage of local residents who gambled in the past 12 months has decreased from 67 per cent to about 40 per cent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also noted that the percentage of local gambling addicts had dropped from a peak of 6 per cent to 0.8 per cent<\/strong>. However, Fong Ka Chio said his institute has received more calls to its helpline than ever, although he said some of the callers were from overseas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Macau now has 59 Responsible Gaming Information Stations designed to provide customers with basic information about responsible gambling and the prevention of gambling addiction. According to Fong Ka Chio, 110,000 people have used the sites since 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See also: <\/strong>Macau registered only 78 people with gambling disorders in 2021<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regarding Macau’s new bill on junket businesses<\/a> and satellite casinos, Fong Ka Chio said the closure of satellite casinos<\/a> is unlikely to affect the government\u2019s gaming revenue. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Macau gaming tax revenue reaches US$1.08bn in Q1<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Financial Services Bureau<\/strong> in Macau has shared a financial report showing that the city has collected MOP8.73bn (US$1.08bn) in fiscal revenue from direct taxes on gaming in the first quarter of the year 2022. That\u2019s a drop of 4.8 per cent when compared to the same quarter in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between January 1 and February 28<\/a>, the city collected MOP5.73bn (US$711.18m) <\/strong>from gaming taxes. In March, the tally was MOP3bn, up nearly 21.5 per cent month-on-month. Authorities have forecast that full-year revenue from direct taxes on gaming will be MOP49.76bn for 2022. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Institute for the Study of Commercial Gaming found the that the number of resident players has fallen in the last 12 months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":26597,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"A survey in Macau indicates a significant decline in local resident gambling participation and addiction rates over the past 12 months, despite an increase in responsible gaming helpline calls. Concurrently, Macau's Q1 2022 gaming tax revenue reached US$1.08bn, representing a 4.8% year-on-year decrease, with a full-year forecast of MOP49.76bn, amidst discussions on new junket and satellite casino regulations.","focusai_entities":"Davis Fong Ka Chio, Institute for the Study of Commercial Gaming, Financial Services Bureau","focusai_location":"Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.95), compliance_legal (0.85), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact of Junket Bill","query":"What specific provisions within Macau's new bill on junket businesses and satellite casinos are anticipated to mitigate or exacerbate the observed decline in gaming tax revenue, and how might this influence the operational viability of concessionaires?"},{"label":"Responsible Gaming Efficacy","query":"Given the reported decrease in local resident gambling participation and addiction rates, yet an increase in helpline calls, what further data or analysis is required to definitively assess the efficacy and reach of Macau's responsible gaming initiatives?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,23876],"tags":[23906],"class_list":["post-29380","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\/29380","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=29380"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29380\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29400,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29380\/revisions\/29400"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}