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Macau Vaccination Rate Hits 80 Percent, But Zero COVID-19 Policy Remains
March 11, 2022
Macau health officials say the Chinese Special Administrative Region (SAR) has hit a major COVID-19 vaccination milestone, with 8...
Korea seen as biggest loser from China’s zero-Covid policy, Macau wins
February 28, 2022
Public policy makers and health officials in countries across East Asia are cautiously optimistic that their tourism economies wi...
Macau Regulators Meet With Junket Trade Group to Discuss Future VIP Operations
February 23, 2022
Macau gaming regulators met recently with representatives of the enclave’s primary junket trade group. The topic was how such V...
UNION CALLS FOR US INVESTIGATION INTO SUNCITY’S RELATIONSHIP WITH GAMING OPERATORS
February 10, 2022
Local 501, a U.S.-based union, is calling for a coordinated U.S. federal investigation into the gambling junket operator Suncity ...
Macau Gaming Could Be Damaged By Hong Kong Isolation
January 27, 2022
Hong Kong won’t likely reopen its borders completely until 2024. Should this be the case, it could cause a ripple effect that m...
Macau gambling industry amendment bill passes first reading amid “satellite casinos” concerns
January 26, 2022
The Macau Legislative Assembly (AL) passed its first reading of the draft bill seeking to amend Macau’s gaming on Monday. The d...
COVID: Beijing reports first local Omicron case
January 17, 2022
The first locally transmitted Omicron case has been detected in the Chinese capital, Beijing, officials said, weeks before it is ...
Asian gambling hub to limit new casino licences
January 17, 2022
Macau on Friday unveiled plans to slash the duration of new gaming licences to just 10 years, half the length awarded the last ti...
Why religious freedom will be in the spotlight at the 2022 Olympics
January 12, 2022
Hours after securing a spot at next month’s Winter Olympics, American skater Timothy LeDuc reflected on the dark cloud hanging ...
Macau watchdogs will double down on digital yuan
January 3, 2022
China will gamble on the digital yuan. As Macau’s casino owners prepare to bid for new licenses in the city for the first time ...