{"id":777013948,"date":"2024-03-14T10:03:10","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T13:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777013948"},"modified":"2026-04-22T12:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T15:04:09","slug":"wynn-macau-to-host-world-poker-tour-event-in-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wynn-macau-to-host-world-poker-tour-event-in-june","title":{"rendered":"Wynn Macau to host World Poker Tour event in June"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It will be the first time a WPT event will be held in Macau.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Macau.-<strong>\u00a0Wynn Macau\u00a0<\/strong>has been chosen as a venue for<strong>\u00a0the World Poker Tour (WPT)<\/strong>\u00a0through an agreement with WPT and Allied Gaming &amp; Entertainment (AGAE). The first WPT event to be held in Macau will run from June 18-24 with a HK$40,000 buy-in for the Main Event.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A<strong> high roller tournament will be held from June 19 to 20<\/strong>, with a HK$200,000 buy-in. AGAE will be responsible for the marketing, production and management of the tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wynn Macau president\u00a0<strong>Linda Chen<\/strong> said the event would reinforce Macau&#8217;s status as a tourist destination. The news comes in the same week in which\u00a0<strong>Cheng Wai Tong<\/strong>, deputy director of Macau\u2019s Government Tourism Office (MGTO), said <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-government-tourism-office-expects-over-2m-overseas-visitors-in-2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the city aims to attract around 2 million foreign visitors this year<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It will be the first time a WPT event will be held in Macau.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Wynn Macau has secured an agreement with World Poker Tour (WPT) and Allied Gaming & Entertainment (AGAE) to host Macau's inaugural WPT event from June 18-24. This strategic initiative, featuring high-stakes tournaments, aims to diversify Macau's gaming verticals and reinforce its positioning as a premier international tourism destination, aligning with broader government objectives for foreign visitor attraction.","focusai_entities":"Wynn Macau, World Poker Tour, WPT, Allied Gaming & Entertainment, AGAE, Linda Chen, Cheng Wai Tong, Macau\u2019s Government Tourism Office, MGTO","focusai_location":"Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.85), compliance_legal (0.8), operator_casino (0.95), marketing_crm (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (0.85), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"WPT Event GGR Impact?","query":"What is the projected incremental GGR contribution from this WPT event for Wynn Macau, and how does it compare to the historical performance of traditional VIP baccarat segments?"},{"label":"Macau Poker Regulatory Adaptation?","query":"How will Macau's regulatory and governance frameworks for live poker tournaments adapt to accommodate the operational complexities and international participant profiles of WPT events, particularly concerning AML and prize distribution?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,16338],"tags":[23906,20777],"class_list":["post-777013948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-casino-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-macau-casinos","tag-wynn-macau"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777013948","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=777013948"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777013948\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777013965,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777013948\/revisions\/777013965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777013948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777013948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777013948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}