Macau Plans Punishments on Gaming Violations, Regulator Says
- Gaming bureau to amend outdated rules, bring in new ones
- Casino promoters had continued to breach phone-betting ban
Gaming chips are placed on a roulette table at the Venetian Macau resort and casino.
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Macau’s government plans to introduce penalties for violations in its $30 billion gaming industry, as it plugs gaps in outdated laws including one banning phone-betting at casinos.
Responding to a June 2 Bloomberg report that Macau’s junket operators, which lend money to high rollers, are continuing to violate a ban last month on using mobile phones at betting tables, the Gaming Inspection and Coordination said it will “complete supplementary laws for violations and related penalties that weren’t previously included, amend outdated rules, and bring in new regulations.”