{"id":31473,"date":"2022-07-06T04:59:09","date_gmt":"2022-07-06T07:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=31473"},"modified":"2026-04-23T07:07:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T10:07:19","slug":"macau-publishes-framework-for-gaming-concession-retender-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-publishes-framework-for-gaming-concession-retender-process","title":{"rendered":"Macau publishes framework for gaming concession retender process"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The government has published the criteria and procedures for the concession tender process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Macau.- The government of Macau has published the framework for the retender of the city&#8217;s gaming licences including the criteria and procedures for the process. The move comes 14 days after\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macaus-gaming-law-amendment-bill-approved\" target=\"_blank\">authorities approved Macau&#8217;s revised gaming legislation<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tender will be run on a restricted procedure with prior qualification. At least eight bidders must be admitted to the consultation phase unless otherwise decided by the chief executive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new gaming legislation allows\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\">up to six gaming concessions<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 equal to the current number \u2013 with a length of 10 years. Casino operators must have a registered capital of at least MOP5bn while their licences are valid. The concessionaire and anyone holding more than 5 per cent of the operator&#8217;s shares must not own, directly or indirectly, the capital of another concessionaire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the document,\u00a0<strong>satellite casinos would no longer be covered in the public tender regulation<\/strong> as these venues will be regulated by a special law currently under discussion by the legislative council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The last tender in 2001 closed 42 days after the general criteria were published, which suggests that Macau could complete the new bidding process around mid-to-late August. Last time, the government announced the winners in early February 2002, but winners in this tender are expected to be announced in late October or early November in time for the concession periods to begin in January. The original concessions began in late March 2002, 153 days after the promulgation of the administrative regulation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The government has published the criteria and procedures for the concession tender process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":26542,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Macau government has published the criteria and procedures for its gaming concession retender process, following the approval of revised gaming legislation. Key provisions include a restricted tender procedure, a maximum of six 10-year concessions, a MOP5bn minimum registered capital for operators, and strict cross-ownership prohibitions. Satellite casinos will be regulated under separate legislation.","focusai_entities":"Macau government","focusai_location":"Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (1.0), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (1.0), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Cross-Ownership Impact","query":"How will the prohibition on concessionaires or significant shareholders owning stakes in other concessionaires reshape the competitive landscape and potential M&A activities within Macau's gaming sector?"},{"label":"Satellite Casino Implications","query":"What are the anticipated regulatory and operational implications for existing satellite casinos now that they are excluded from the main concession tender and will be governed by separate, yet-to-be-finalized legislation?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,156,158],"tags":[23911,23906],"class_list":["post-31473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","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\/31473","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=31473"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31489,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31473\/revisions\/31489"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}