{"id":777014294,"date":"2024-03-27T08:12:32","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T11:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777014294"},"modified":"2026-04-22T11:41:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T14:41:47","slug":"macau-continues-to-recommend-electronic-tables-to-track-foreign-players-bets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-continues-to-recommend-electronic-tables-to-track-foreign-players-bets","title":{"rendered":"Macau continues to recommend electronic tables to track foreign players\u2019 bets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Secretary for economy and finance Lei Wai Nong says the tables will help ensure more precise calculation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Macau.- Secretary for economy and finance Lei Wai Nong has again stressed that the use of electronic gaming tables and chips could help track foreign players&#8217; bets more accurately. He made the comments at a Legislative Assembly session on Monday (March 25).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> A regulation introduced in December 2022 grants casino operators <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-casinos-may-create-foreign-player-zones-for-5-levy-exemption\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a 5 per cent levy exemption<\/a>\u00a0via gaming zones exclusive to foreign players.\u00a0<strong>Morgan Stanley<\/strong>\u00a0has also stressed that casinos\u2019 plans to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-casinos-embrace-rfid-tables-for-marketing-efficiency\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">install RFID (radio frequency identification) tables<\/a>\u00a0will help accurately identify foreign gamblers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lei also stressed that\u00a0the government would ensure casino operators fulfil commitments to develop non-gaming projects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Secretary for economy and finance Lei Wai Nong says the tables will help ensure more precise calculation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":26764,"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 Economy and Finance, Lei Wai Nong, reiterated the importance of electronic gaming tables and RFID chips for precise tracking of foreign players' bets. This initiative supports the 5% levy exemption for dedicated foreign player gaming zones, a regulation introduced in December 2022, and is also endorsed by Morgan Stanley. The government further emphasized operators' commitments to non-gaming diversification projects.","focusai_entities":"Lei Wai Nong, Morgan Stanley","focusai_location":"Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (1.0), tech_data (0.85), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"RFID ROI Analysis","query":"What is the projected return on investment for Macau casino operators implementing RFID gaming tables, considering the 5% levy exemption for foreign player segments?"},{"label":"Compliance Audit Mechanisms","query":"What specific audit mechanisms will the Macau government employ to verify the accuracy of foreign player identification and bet tracking via RFID technology for levy exemption purposes?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[23906],"class_list":["post-777014294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-macau-casinos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777014294","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=777014294"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777014294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777014297,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777014294\/revisions\/777014297"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777014294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777014294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777014294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}