{"id":9817,"date":"2020-09-09T09:38:03","date_gmt":"2020-09-09T09:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=9817"},"modified":"2026-04-24T02:00:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T05:00:25","slug":"galaxy-macau-warns-over-sites-using-its-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/galaxy-macau-warns-over-sites-using-its-name","title":{"rendered":"Galaxy Macau warns over sites using its name"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The operator of the Macau casino has warned customers over sites using its name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Macau.- Galaxy Entertainment Group (GEG) has released a statement to clarify that it runs no online gambling operations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite many companies turning to online during the pandemic, Galaxy has made clear that it has no such intentions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It has warned customers over online gambling sites using the Galaxy name, saying it will take no responsibility for losses that may result from using fraudulent websites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The firm&#8217;s statement said: \u201cGEG and all of its properties (including Galaxy Macau, Broadway Macau, and StarWorld Hotel) have no affiliations with any online gambling and betting sites, nor have we directly or indirectly authorised any websites and\/or related companies to carry out any form of online gambling and betting activities for and on behalf of us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cShould any member of the public suspect of any fake gambling and betting websites, and\/or being cheated or approached by any suspicious persons claiming to be in any way connected with GEG relating to such fake illegal gambling and betting websites, we urge you to report to the police or contact our Customer Service immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The operator of the Macau casino has warned customers over sites using its name.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9820,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Galaxy Entertainment Group (GEG), a prominent Macau casino operator, has issued a public statement clarifying it has no online gambling operations. The company warned customers about fraudulent online sites illicitly using its brand name and disclaimed responsibility for any resulting losses, urging vigilance and reporting to authorities.","focusai_entities":"Galaxy Entertainment Group, GEG, Galaxy Macau, Broadway Macau, StarWorld Hotel","focusai_location":"Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.8), marketing_crm (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GEG Legal Actions?","query":"What specific legal and enforcement actions is Galaxy Entertainment Group pursuing against these fraudulent online entities to protect its intellectual property and brand integrity?"},{"label":"Strategic Online Stance?","query":"How does GEG's explicit land-based-only strategy impact its long-term competitive positioning within the Macau gaming market, particularly as other operators explore or integrate online verticals?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[160,157,16338],"tags":[22935,257,4138],"class_list":["post-9817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-galaxy-entertainment","tag-macau","tag-online-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9817","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=9817"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9817\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9828,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9817\/revisions\/9828"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}