{"id":777014606,"date":"2024-04-10T08:32:35","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T11:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777014606"},"modified":"2026-04-22T11:18:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T14:18:21","slug":"macau-bill-would-tighten-measures-against-illegal-mahjong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-bill-would-tighten-measures-against-illegal-mahjong","title":{"rendered":"Macau bill would tighten measures against illegal mahjong"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Those running mahjong games could be fined or jailed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Macau.- Lawmaker\u00a0Chan Chak Mo<\/strong>\u00a0has said that a draft bill will subject anyone operating mahjong for profits without government approval may face imprisonment for up to one year or fines for 240 days.\u00a0 Those who are involved in mahjong may be fined between MOP1,500 (US$186) and MOP20,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If a homeowner lets their unit on an hourly basis for people to play mahjong, it would be considered as operating with the intention of making a profit without legal approval.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The draft\u00a0Law on Combating Illegal Gambling Crimes<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>was presented by the director of the Legal Affairs Bureau,\u00a0Leong Weng In<\/strong>, last December. It is intended to replace Macau\u2019s existing Illegal Gambling Law (Law 8\/96\/m). It passed its initial reading<\/a>\u00a0at the Legislative Assembly in February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under the draft bill, those engaging in or facilitating unauthorised online games of chance, regardless of the location of equipment involved may face imprisonment from one to eight years.\u00a0The bill would also impose a prison term of one to five years for anyone who intends to obtain financial benefits for themselves or others by providing funds or other resources for gambling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See also: <\/strong>Macau bill amendment would allow government to revoke right to grant gambling credit<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Those running mahjong games could be fined or jailed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":10910,"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 is advancing a draft bill to replace its existing Illegal Gambling Law, significantly increasing penalties for unauthorized gambling operations. The proposed legislation targets illegal mahjong for profit, unauthorized online games of chance, and the provision of funds for illicit gambling, with potential imprisonment ranging from one to eight years for offenders. This regulatory update aims to strengthen governance frameworks against illicit gaming activities within the jurisdiction.","focusai_entities":"Chan Chak Mo, Leong Weng In, Legal Affairs Bureau, Legislative Assembly","focusai_location":"Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.85), affiliate_publisher (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.75), investor_analyst (0.8), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on GGR?","query":"How might the enhanced enforcement against illegal gambling, particularly online, influence the Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) trajectory for licensed B2C operators in Macau, and what is the projected timeline for observing such an impact?"},{"label":"Regulatory Scope Expansion?","query":"Does the broad language regarding \"unauthorised online games of chance, regardless of the location of equipment involved\" signal an intent by Macau regulators to expand their jurisdictional reach over cross-border illicit iGaming operations, and what are the implications for international B2B\/B2C licensing frameworks?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,154],"tags":[23911,23906],"class_list":["post-777014606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-legislation-news","tag-gambling-regulation","tag-macau-casinos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777014606","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=777014606"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777014606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777014626,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777014606\/revisions\/777014626"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777014606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777014606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777014606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}