Cultural Affairs Bureau admits flaws in cooperation with gaming operators

Government says renewal of sports betting operator Macau Slot’s concession dependent on reducing foreign employees

The Macao SAR Government has revealed that one of the conditions for renewing the contract of the city’s only licensed sports betting operator, Macau Slot Co Ltd, is that the company must formulate a specific plan to reduce the quota of foreign employees. The concession granted to Macau Slot expired on 5 June after being renewed for one year in June 2024. However, the government has not yet announced whether it will again renew the company’s con…

Cultural Affairs Bureau admits flaws in cooperation with gaming operators

The Director of the Cultural Affairs Bureau, Leong Wai Man, acknowledged on Thursday the existence of shortcomings in the cooperation process with gaming concessionaires for the organisation of large-scale events, following the identification of irregularities in the 2024 activity report by the Commission Against Corruption (CCAC). According to the CCAC, there was no written agreement in place regarding the funding of the 2022 Christmas and New …