(Lei dos) junkets
dec24 A new collaboration model has recently surfaced between gaming concessionaires and junkets, with the latter gradually integrating into the operations of gaming parlours directly managed by the operators, a local junket trade representative said. In an interview with the Hong Kong newspaper Ming Pao published on Monday, U Io Hung, president of the Macau Gaming Promoter Professionals Association, noted the “progressive integration of operations” between those parlours managed by gaming operators and junkets. “The past two months have seen this trend take form and are projected to persist,” the junket trade group’s president remarked. “It is expected there will be an increasing involvement of junkets in the operation of these directly managed parlours.” Under the city’s revised casino gaming regulations, each junket—officially known as a gaming intermediary—is now restricted to partnering with one gaming concessionaire and is prohibited from running its own VIP rooms in c...