{"id":777013570,"date":"2024-02-29T09:44:57","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T12:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777013570"},"modified":"2026-04-22T12:30:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T15:30:17","slug":"macau-illegal-gaming-bill-passes-first-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-illegal-gaming-bill-passes-first-reading","title":{"rendered":"Macau illegal gaming bill passes first reading"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The bill includes measures against online betting and under-the-table wagers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Macau.- The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-proposes-new-penalties-for-illegal-gambling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Law on Combating Illegal Gambling Crimes<\/a>\u00a0has passed its initial reading at the Legislative Assembly of Macau.\u00a0The proposal officially outlaws under-the-table betting, also known as side or multiplier betting.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other key provisions of the legislation include the authorisation of undercover operations to tackle illicit gambling. While details on the implementation remain scant,\u00a0<strong>Cheong Weng Chon<\/strong>, the secretary for administration and justice, assured lawmakers of meticulous application. The proposed law also aims to<strong>\u00a0address online gambling<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cheong acknowledged the difficulty of covering every possible offence in the new legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-reports-2717-gaming-related-crimes-in-2023\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Macau reports 2,717 gaming-related crimes in 2023<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The bill includes measures against online betting and under-the-table wagers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":777009719,"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 has passed the initial reading of a new law targeting illegal gambling, specifically outlawing \"under-the-table\" betting and addressing online gambling. The legislation authorizes undercover operations to enhance enforcement, signaling a stricter regulatory stance on illicit gaming activities within the jurisdiction.","focusai_entities":"Cheong Weng Chon, Legislative Assembly of Macau","focusai_location":"Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.9), payments_fraud_aml (0.8), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Enforcement Impact","query":"What specific metrics will the Macau government use to assess the effectiveness of the new law in reducing illicit GGR and NGR from under-the-table and online gambling?"},{"label":"Operator Implications","query":"How might the enhanced enforcement powers, including undercover operations, impact the operational due diligence and compliance requirements for licensed B2C operators in Macau?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,439,158],"tags":[23906],"class_list":["post-777013570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-legal-news","category-slider-home","tag-macau-casinos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777013570","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=777013570"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777013570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777013602,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777013570\/revisions\/777013602"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777009719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777013570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777013570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777013570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}