\nMacau isn’t likely to allow a major casino operator such as Caesars into the market with a full-fledged permit. Instead, the SAR is presumably considering issuing sub-gaming licenses that allow smaller resorts to operate slot machines and table games in conjunction with one of the major six.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
That’s currently the regulatory arrangement in Macau, but Leong’s comments suggest a freeing of the casino license and hotel operator relationship might be modified in the coming years.<\/p>\n
Leong said any license grantee will be required to invest in new non-gaming elements in order to continue the enclave’s overall goal of becoming a destination that not only caters to casino gamblers. GGRAsia <\/i>concludes that concession holders will need to “enhance social safeguards for employees, and that they should be able to contribute further to the diversification of the city\u2019s economy.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Macau government is considering issuing new gaming concessions through a public tender process that could expand the number of casino operators throughout the enclave. Macau Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac broke the news to GGRAsia, the online media outlet focused on Asian gaming matters. Leong told reporters that the Special […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":104748,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,13592],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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