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What\u2019s the one thing you will soon find all over Macau casinos<\/a> that you won\u2019t find in Las Vegas for love nor money? Nope, it\u2019s not corrupt Communist party officials<\/a> making whoopee. In fact, the answer may be staring right at you, down there in bottom right corner of your screen.<\/p>\n

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The gaming floor at the Grand Lisboa Casino, where slots will have to be fitted with clocks as part of a new responsible gaming drive. (Image: Grand Lisboa)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Yes, it\u2019s clocks. Specifically, clocks on slots.<\/p>\n

Clocks have always been absent from Las Vegas casinos because of their inconvenient ability to convey time and to disrupt the dreamlike compulsion loop in the human mind.<\/p>\n

Macau casinos have always followed the same school of thought, gleefully spurning horological devices, until now.<\/p>\n

Clock is Ticking<\/strong><\/h2>\n

On Monday, the Macau gaming regulator, the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ), confirmed to GGRAsia<\/em> it had informed its operators that by the end of 2024, all slots in the gambling hub must be fitted with intermittently flashing clocks showing the local time.<\/p>\n

That means all existing machines must be retrofitted with an appropriate timekeeper by the end of the grace period. The clocks will flash up at the beginning of play and at every ten minutes thereafter, according to the regulator.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe purpose of a clock on the gaming machine is for the promotion of responsible gaming,\u201d DICJ explained.<\/p>\n

About Time?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

It\u2019s a progressive move from a jurisdiction that is seldom held up as a beacon of responsible gaming. In fact, Macau lacks the kind of robust corporate and social responsibility framework for its casinos that\u2019s almost always present in jurisdictions in the US and Europe.<\/p>\n

This probably has something to do with the casino industry\u2019s powerful influence within the special administrative region\u2019s (SAR) highly corporatized political system. Although that\u2019s not to say DICJ hasn\u2019t initiated sporadic social responsibility drives before.<\/p>\n

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In 2012, it issued a set of \u201cResponsible Gambling Principles,\u201d which required casinos to implement measures such as publicizing gaming odds and providing information about the risks of gambling. It also established a problem gambling hotline and required operators to establish counseling kiosks.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Meanwhile, the lighting inside windowless casinos was required to mirror natural daytime and night-time cycles (remember those?) \u2013 another one Macau has on Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

Further measures were introduced in 2016, accompanied by stricter anti-money laundering controls.<\/p>\n

Time Out<\/strong><\/h2>\n

But there\u2019s a big question mark over how significant the new measure will be to a gaming industry that\u2019s far less reliant on spinning reels than we are in the US.<\/p>\n

Clocks on slots would be a huge deal in Las Vegas, for example. In 2020, there were 213,000 slot machines in the city. That\u2019s in comparison to the 90,000 slots in Macau.<\/p>\n

In the six months to July 2021, in the whole of Nevada, where the slots positions outnumber the population, revenue from the machines came in at $4.6 billion. That\u2019s just under 70 percent of the $6.6 billion total gaming haul.<\/p>\n

While we don\u2019t have a comparative breakdown for Macau, slots are far less popular in the SAR, where, culturally, table games are king. But Macau\u2019s casinos aren\u2019t required to put a clock within shooting distance of a table game, or even an electronic table game, under the new rules.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What\u2019s the one thing you will soon find all over Macau casinos that you won\u2019t find in Las Vegas for love nor money? Nope, it\u2019s not corrupt Communist party officials making whoopee. In fact, the answer may be staring right at you, down there in bottom right corner of your screen. Yes, it\u2019s clocks. 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