{"id":777017138,"date":"2024-07-11T09:30:17","date_gmt":"2024-07-11T12:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777017138"},"modified":"2026-04-22T08:15:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T11:15:48","slug":"macau-to-maintain-cap-on-junket-operators-for-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-to-maintain-cap-on-junket-operators-for-2025","title":{"rendered":"Macau to maintain cap on junket operators for 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There are currently 22 licenced junket operators in Macau.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Macau.-\u00a0Macau\u2019s Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau\u00a0(DICJ) has said that the city’s casino market will have a limit of 50 licensed junket operators for 2025. The quota is the same as the present year<\/a>. As of June 11, Macau had 22 licensed junkets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Macau’s gaming law, which includes a statute specifically for junkets, mandates a ceiling on the number of junkets that each of the city’s six casino operators can engage with. The limit varies for each operator and is determined by the city’s Secretary for Economy and Finance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sands China and SJM Holdings will continue to be allowed to work with up to 12 junket operators, while MGM China Holdings and Melco Resorts & Entertainment can each work with up to eight. Galaxy Entertainment Group and Wynn Macau each have a cap of five junket partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Junket operators can only partner with a single gaming concessionaire. While they can earn a capped commission of 1.25 per cent on rolling chip turnover for their gaming promotion services, the law forbids them from sharing casino revenue with the gaming concessionaires they work with. There is also\u00a0a cap of 250 agents, known as collaborators, permitted to operate next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bill on casino credit and junket contracts<\/a> (the Legal Regime of Credit Concession for Gambling in Casinos), scheduled to take effect on August 1, specifies that only casino concessionaires can provide gambling credit. Junkets will only be able to request that a casino concessionaire provide gaming credit to players they introduce to the operator. This arrangement will necessitate a notarised contract approved by the Secretary for Economy and Finance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See also: <\/strong>Macau Court upholds Alvin Chau\u2019s 18-year jail sentence<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There are currently 22 licenced junket operators in Macau.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":26451,"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 Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) has set a cap of 50 licensed junket operators for 2025, maintaining the current year's quota. The new regulatory framework, effective August 1, further restricts junkets to a single concessionaire partnership, caps commissions at 1.25% of rolling chip turnover, and mandates that only casino concessionaires can extend gambling credit, with junkets merely facilitating requests via notarised contracts.","focusai_entities":"Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau, DICJ, Sands China, SJM Holdings, MGM China Holdings, Melco Resorts & Entertainment, Galaxy Entertainment Group, Wynn Macau, Alvin Chau","focusai_location":"Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.95), operator_casino (0.98), investor_analyst (0.95), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Junket Market Impact","query":"How will the sustained 50-junket quota and the new credit concession framework impact the competitive dynamics and revenue generation within Macau's VIP gaming segment for 2025?"},{"label":"Operator Strategy Shift","query":"What strategic adjustments are Macau's six concessionaires expected to implement in their VIP player acquisition and retention models given the revised junket partnership caps and the exclusive credit provision mandate?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,156],"tags":[23911,23906],"class_list":["post-777017138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-regulation-news","tag-gambling-regulation","tag-macau-casinos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777017138","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=777017138"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777017138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777017174,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777017138\/revisions\/777017174"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777017138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777017138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777017138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}