{"id":777001126,"date":"2022-12-16T13:07:28","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T16:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777001126"},"modified":"2026-04-23T01:57:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T04:57:11","slug":"only-11-satellite-casinos-will-remain-in-macau-from-january-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/only-11-satellite-casinos-will-remain-in-macau-from-january-1","title":{"rendered":"Only 11 satellite casinos will remain in Macau from January 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Andr\u00e9 Cheong Weng Chon, secretary for administration and justice, has confirmed the reduction in satellite casinos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Macau.- <strong>Andr\u00e9 Cheong Weng Chon<\/strong>, secretary for administration and justice has confirmed that the number of <strong>satellite casinos<\/strong> in Macau will decrease from 16 to <strong>11<\/strong> from January 1. Speaking at a press conference today (Friday), he said nine of the satellite casinos will be managed by SJM Holdings, one by Galaxy Entertainment Group and one by Melco Resorts and Entertainment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are currently 16 satellite casinos each operating under licence from one of Macau\u2019s six casino concessionaires but run by third parties on individually owned premises. Two&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/galaxy-entertainment-to-close-two-satellite-casinos\" target=\"_blank\">venues closed<\/a>&nbsp;this year:&nbsp;<strong>Rio Casino and President Casino<\/strong>, which were run by&nbsp;<strong>Galaxy Entertainment Group<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macaus-gaming-law-amendment-bill-approved\" target=\"_blank\">Macau&#8217;s revised gaming law<\/a>, satellite venues have three years to transition to a management company arrangement, under which the entity won&#8217;t share gaming revenue, but will only receive a management fee from the concessionaire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Cheong, how many satellites choose to transition into management companies will be a commercial decision, depending on market conditions. He spoke after <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-casino-operators-to-sign-new-concession-contracts-on-friday\" target=\"_blank\">the signing of Macau&#8217;s new concession contracts<\/a>&nbsp;today. The new casino licensees remain the same as at present: MGM China Holdings Ltd, Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd, Sands China Ltd, Melco Resorts and Entertainment Ltd, Wynn Macau Ltd and SJM Holdings Ltd.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andr\u00e9 Cheong Weng Chon, secretary for administration and justice, has confirmed the reduction in satellite casinos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":20677,"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 Secretary for Administration and Justice, Andr\u00e9 Cheong Weng Chon, confirmed a reduction in satellite casinos from 16 to 11 starting January 1, with key concessionaires like SJM Holdings, Galaxy Entertainment Group, and Melco Resorts and Entertainment managing the remaining venues. This transition aligns with Macau's revised gaming law, mandating a shift from revenue-sharing to a management fee arrangement for satellite operations, a commercial decision influenced by market conditions.","focusai_entities":"Andr\u00e9 Cheong Weng Chon, SJM Holdings, Galaxy Entertainment Group, Melco Resorts and Entertainment, MGM China Holdings Ltd, Sands China Ltd, Wynn Macau Ltd","focusai_location":"Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Satellite Operator Impact","query":"What are the projected financial implications for the remaining satellite casino operators transitioning from revenue-sharing to a management fee structure under the new gaming law?"},{"label":"Concessionaire Strategy","query":"How will the increased operational control and management of satellite casinos by concessionaires like SJM, Galaxy, and Melco impact their overall GGR, NGR, and operational efficiencies?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338,158],"tags":[23906],"class_list":["post-777001126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","category-slider-home","tag-macau-casinos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777001126","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=777001126"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777001126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777001153,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777001126\/revisions\/777001153"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777001126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777001126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777001126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}