{"id":777017591,"date":"2024-07-26T08:43:32","date_gmt":"2024-07-26T11:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777017591"},"modified":"2026-04-22T07:47:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T10:47:05","slug":"macau-casino-regulator-discovers-unlicensed-junket-operation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-casino-regulator-discovers-unlicensed-junket-operation","title":{"rendered":"Macau casino regulator discovers unlicensed junket operation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The DICJ warns it will seek to bar those who breach regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Macau.- The Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) has issued a warning after uncovering unlicensed junket activities during a series of inspections. In a WeChat post on Wednesday (July 24), the regulator said it would implement preventive measures to bar those suspected of participating in such activities from entering casinos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-proposes-new-bill-on-casino-credit-and-junket-contracts\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bill on casino credit and junket contracts<\/a>&nbsp;(the Legal Regime of Credit Concession for Gambling in Casinos), scheduled to take effect on August 1, mandates a ceiling on the number of junkets that each of the city\u2019s six casino operators can engage with. The limit varies for each operator and is determined by the city\u2019s Secretary for Economy and Finance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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. A cap of <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-to-maintain-cap-on-junket-operators-for-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">50 junket companies will be maintained in 2025<\/a>. There is also\u00a0a cap of 250 agents, known as collaborators, permitted to operate next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The DICJ warns it will seek to bar those who breach regulations.<\/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":"The Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) has issued a warning regarding unlicensed junket activities in Macau, threatening to bar offenders from casinos. This enforcement action precedes the August 1 implementation of new regulations that cap junket partnerships per casino operator, mandate single-concessionaire affiliations for junkets, and prohibit revenue sharing, while setting limits on junket companies and agents for 2025.","focusai_entities":"Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ), Secretary for Economy and Finance","focusai_location":"Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (1.0), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (1.0), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on VIP GGR?","query":"How will the new junket caps and single-concessionaire rule impact VIP GGR and NGR for Macau's listed casino operators, considering the shift in B2B operational models?"},{"label":"Compliance Frameworks for Operators?","query":"What specific compliance frameworks are being implemented by Macau's gaming concessionaires to mitigate risks associated with the new junket credit and revenue-sharing prohibitions, particularly concerning AML and responsible gambling?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,156],"tags":[23911,23906],"class_list":["post-777017591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","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\/777017591","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=777017591"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777017591\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777017624,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777017591\/revisions\/777017624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777017591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777017591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777017591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}