{"id":29543,"date":"2022-05-04T08:49:43","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T11:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=29543"},"modified":"2026-04-23T09:02:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T12:02:14","slug":"macaus-vip-gaming-promoter-bill-will-allow-non-resident-junket-collaborators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macaus-vip-gaming-promoter-bill-will-allow-non-resident-junket-collaborators","title":{"rendered":"Macau’s VIP gaming promoter bill will allow non-resident junket collaborators"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Committee chairman Andrew Chan Chak Mo has revealed that junket operators\u2019 sub-agents can be non-residents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Macau.- New clarifications have emerged about Macau’s bill on junket businesses and satellite casinos<\/a>. Andrew Chan Chak Mo, chairman of the Legislative Assembly\u2019s 2nd Standing Committee, which is analysing the bill, said non-resident junket collaborators would be allowed as long as they comply with Macao Labor Law and the conditions to legally stay in the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, he acknowledged that this was the committee’s interpretation of the bill and not an official government pronouncement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chan said: “They might not be residents but must prove suitability. There could be flexibility for non-residents to become collaborators. Let\u2019s say the client is Russian and they might ask someone who speaks Russian to provide support.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chan also said that collaborators will be able to work with more than one junket operators, since operators will be considered as freelancers.\u00a0However, he clarified that collaborators will have to sign a contract with the operator or operators of their choice and that this contract must be presented to future gaming concessionaires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Chan, this would allow the government to obtain more information about collaborators\u2019 required tax returns. The bill also establishes that\u00a0collaborators will not be allowed to offer loans or request cash<\/strong>\u00a0or gaming chip deposits from players, either personally or via a third party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the Macau Post Daily,\u00a0the Gaming Inspection and Co-ordination Bureau (DICJ)\u00a0<\/strong>will set a 12-month cap on the number of junket operators by October 31 of each year, and a cap on the number of junket operators per gaming franchisee by November 30 of each year.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This last point raised some doubts among committee members about how authorities will define the number of junkets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the first reading<\/a>, 30 MPs voted in favour <\/strong>while one voted against the bill. The responsible committee may propose amendments. The bill will then be sent back to the General Assembly for its final reading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

85.1% of former junket operator staff in Macau remain unemployed<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The\u00a0Integrated Service Centre of the Macau Gaming Industry Employees Home<\/strong>\u00a0has published the results of a survey revealing that 85.1 per cent of former junket operator employees remain unemployed after the majority of VIP rooms closed their doors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, 8.1 per cent found jobs at non-gaming companies<\/strong>, 3.8 per cent were working with gaming operators or other junket companies and 1.9 per cent had started their own companies. The rest are either seeking to pursue further education or not looking for a job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the <\/strong>poll, the top three reasons why former junket employees failed to find new jobs were a lack of job openings due to poor economic conditions<\/strong>, a lack of diversity in their work experience and a lack of professional skills.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Committee chairman Andrew Chan Chak Mo has revealed that junket operators\u2019 sub-agents can be non-residents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":12901,"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's 2nd Standing Committee has clarified that non-resident sub-agents can collaborate with junket operators, provided they comply with local labor laws and suitability requirements, and cannot offer loans or accept deposits. Concurrently, the Gaming Inspection and Co-ordination Bureau will implement annual caps on junket operators. This regulatory evolution occurs amidst an 85.1% unemployment rate among former junket staff, highlighting significant labor market challenges within the gaming sector.","focusai_entities":"Andrew Chan Chak Mo, Legislative Assembly\u2019s 2nd Standing Committee, Gaming Inspection and Co-ordination Bureau (DICJ), Macau Post Daily, Integrated Service Centre of the Macau Gaming Industry Employees Home","focusai_location":"Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.9), payments_fraud_aml (0.8), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Sub-agent Compliance","query":"What specific due diligence and reporting mechanisms will gaming concessionaires be required to implement to ensure compliance with the new non-resident junket collaborator regulations?"},{"label":"Junket Cap Impact","query":"How will the DICJ's annual cap on junket operators influence market competition, VIP segment GGR, and the operational strategies of existing concessionaires?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,154,158],"tags":[23911,23906],"class_list":["post-29543","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\/29543","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=29543"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29554,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29543\/revisions\/29554"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}