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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...

 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...

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...