{"id":8430,"date":"2020-07-25T16:23:35","date_gmt":"2020-07-25T16:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=8430"},"modified":"2026-04-24T03:20:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T06:20:57","slug":"macau-polytechnic-institute-releases-study-on-gaming-fatigue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-polytechnic-institute-releases-study-on-gaming-fatigue","title":{"rendered":"Macau Polytechnic Institute releases study on gaming fatigue"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The institute found people tend to gain an objective view and understanding of gaming behaviour after novelty passes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Macau.- The Centre for Gaming and Tourism Studies (CJT) at the Macau Polytechnic Institute (IPM) has published a study on gaming fatigue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The CJT studied the gaming patterns of Macau residents, dealers and Chinese visitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It found that &#8220;gaming fatigue&#8221; resulted from a combination of the learning effect, awareness of gambling related harm and social safeguards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The report concludes: &#8220;When people first start to gamble, they tend to experience novelty and are particularly interested in gaming. However, their participation reduced gradually as the novelty and enthusiasm wore off over time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs the excitement and novelty of gaming patrons drops, they will obtain a more objective view and understanding in gambling with a higher sensibility in their gambling behavior.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The CJT suggested gaming companies explore non-gaming related business as a source of revenue and commit to innovation to keep gamblers interested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It also suggested the authorities explore other <strong><em><a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-mass-and-vip-business-down-by-95\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">non-gaming activities to increase taxes<\/a><\/em><\/strong> and employment opportunities instead of relying heavily on the gaming sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The institute found people tend to gain an objective view and understanding of gaming behaviour after novelty passes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8435,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"A study by Macau's Centre for Gaming and Tourism Studies indicates that initial gambler enthusiasm wanes over time, leading to 'gaming fatigue' and a more objective view of gambling behavior. The research suggests this fatigue is driven by learning effects, harm awareness, and social safeguards. Recommendations include gaming companies diversifying into non-gaming ventures and authorities exploring alternative revenue streams beyond the gaming sector.","focusai_entities":"Centre for Gaming and Tourism Studies (CJT), Macau Polytechnic Institute (IPM)","focusai_location":"Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.85), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (0.95), product_ux (0.8), marketing_crm (0.85), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on GGR?","query":"How does 'gaming fatigue' impact GGR projections and long-term market growth in mature iGaming jurisdictions?"},{"label":"Non-gaming ROI?","query":"What specific non-gaming verticals offer the highest ROI for Macau operators seeking to diversify revenue streams?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[512,257],"class_list":["post-8430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-gaming","tag-macau"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8430","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8430"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8430\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19699,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8430\/revisions\/19699"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}