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Macau casinos too reliant on imported gaming equipment, lawmaker says

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 jun26  Macau legislator has questioned whether the city’s casino sector has sufficient safeguards against supply-chain risks. He warned that its heavy reliance on imported gaming equipment leaves a key pillar of the local economy exposed and called for greater local participation in casino-related supply chains. José Pereira Coutinho In a written interpellation dated June 8th, Legislative Assembly member José Pereira Coutinho asked the government to explain how it identifies and responds to national security risks in the gaming industry, and to set out how it plans to promote the localization of the sector’s supply chain. Coutinho noted that the main equipment used by Macau’s large casinos — including playing cards, chips, gaming machines, shuffling machines, software systems and data centers — depends almost entirely on foreign procurement, which he described as a source of high vulnerability in the supply chain. Research, design, production and maintenance of essential gami...
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Macau gaming regulator chief Ng Wai Han named city’s Secretary for Economy - o que significa?

 jun26 Ng Wai Han (pictured in a file photo), the director of Macau’s casino regulator, the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (also known as DICJ), has been appointed the city’s Secretary for Economy and Finance. The appointment was confirmed in an official notice published by the Macau government in its official gazette on Monday. According to the notice, China’s State Council appointed Ms Ng to the post on June 10, following her nomination by Macau’s Chief Executive, Sam Hou Fai. The notice did not indicate when Ms Ng would formally assume her new duties or who would succeed her as head of the gaming regulator. Ms Ng succeeds Tai Kin Ip as Secretary for Economy and Finance. Mr Tai left the position earlier this year. The Secretary for Economy and Finance is one of the principal officials in the Macau government and oversees a portfolio that includes the city’s gaming industry, tourism-related economic development, financial services, labour affairs, consumer protection, t...
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Macau regulator rejects claims of rigged electronic card shoes in casinos

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jn26 DICJ says latest claims on mainland social media platforms of card shoe tampering in Macau casinos are likely scams https://asgam.com/2026/06/11/dicj-says-latest-claims-on-mainland-social-media-platforms-of-card-shoe-tampering-in-macau-casinos-are-likely-scams/?utm_source=IAGMM&utm_campaign=0f5438854d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_10_13_01_41_COPY_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-5b0706224a-131421005 jun26 Regulator denies ‘black box’ casino claims By Times Reporter June 11, 2026 0 T he Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) has refuted online claims regarding an alleged “black box” system in local casinos, saying the circulating information is false and unsubstantiated. The statement comes after allegations on social media that customers were deceived by a scheme dubbed the “black box” and subsequently obtained refunds for their bets through unofficial means. In a statement yesterday, the regulator said it first clarified the matter on June 4 through the media, reiter...
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O 3.º Plano Quinquenal da RAEM: até 2030, o sector não jogo passe a ocupar 60% do PIB de Macau

 may26 No ano passado, de acordo com os dados da Direcção dos Serviços de Estatística e Censos (DSEC), o benefício económico do jogo na totalidade do PIB de Macau (198,1 mil milhões de patacas) teve um peso de 47,3%, o que significa que o sector não jogo representou cerca de 52,7% da economia da região. O peso do sector não jogo nas receitas fiscais da RAEM é, porém, inferior a 20%. Na apresentação da consulta pública sobre o 3.º Plano Quinquenal da RAEM, as autoridades afirmaram que este é um objectivo viável para os próximos cinco anos e garantiram que, para alcançar a meta dos 60%, não será restringido o desenvolvimento do sector do jogo.   HENRY LEI OPTIMISTA   Os economistas ouvidos pelo PONTO FINAL dividem-se nas suas opiniões. Henry Lei está optimista. O professor de Economia Empresarial na Universidade de Macau e vice-presidente da Associação Económica de Macau começa por assinalar a “real necessidade de uma diversificação económica moderada”, de forma a gerar um ...
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Premium guests, not crowds, will define Macau’s next chapter, says scholar (Macau’s post-pandemic recovery)

 may26 The penthouse is full; the lobby is half-empty. Macau’s post-pandemic recovery may look healthy on paper, but a gaming scholar says the real momentum is increasingly concentrated at the top end of the market, where VIP and premium players are outpacing the broader mass segment. The takeaway for operators: fewer guests can still mean bigger business if the spending power is there:  Premium gaming and experiential tourism emerge as key growth drivers for Macau’s post-pandemic recovery. Asia’s gaming and integrated resort sector has recovered from the pandemic, but recovery alone is no longer enough to secure its future, Zhonglu Zeng , President of the Asia-Pacific Association for Gambling Studies, told delegates at the G2E Asia + Asian IR Expo 2026 in Macau. Speaking on market trends and the outlook for the IR and tourism industry, Zeng argued that the post-pandemic rebound has masked a deep bifurcation between the premium and mass segments — a structural shift that ...
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Cotai’s USD50b resort landscape gives Macau decades of unassailable lead, says Sands CEO

 may26 https://macaudailytimes.com.mo/cotais-usd50b-resort-landscape-gives-macau-decades-of-unassailable-lead-says-sands-ceo.html
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Diversificação (ver outras entradas)

 b26 Macau poderá beneficiar de diversificação da economia antes do previsto A agência de notação financeira Moody’s admitiu que, num “cenário positivo”, os esforços de diversificação da economia de Macau, altamente dependente dos casinos, poderão dar frutos mais cedo do que o previsto. Num relatório divulgado na terça-feira, a Moody’s afirma que “o perfil de crescimento de Macau poderá beneficiar de um progresso mais rápido no sentido da diversificação económica do que o actualmente previsto”. De acordo com dados oficiais, o benefício económico do jogo representou quase metade de todo o Produto Interno Bruto de Macau em 2025. Se aos casinos se juntar o turismo, então este sector reúne 74,1 por cento da economia local. A Moody’s defendeu que a “elevada dependência de um único sector” gera “uma volatilidade significativa no crescimento”, até porque o negócio dos casinos pode “diminuir gradualmente em conjunto com um crescimento económico mais fraco na China continental a longo prazo...
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