Major Macau operators discuss regulatory options
The subject of regulation was discussed this week in Macau at a special meeting with major gambling concessonaires called by the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) government. Predictably, there were different opinions on the subject from the six gaming concessionaires and sub-concessionaires who met face-to-face for the first time to discuss gaming market regulations.
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Do you know that:
- Las Vegas is a testament of the powerful ability of gambling to foster economic development. Because of gambling, Las Vegas has shown impressive job growth, developed into a major city with a low tax burden that many state and local governments look at with envy.
- The current wave of legal lotteries started in New Hampshire, spread to other North-Eastern states, and then across the nation.
- Men and women tend to have different preferences in their gambling. Men are more likely to gamble in games such as blackjack and lotteries and women are more likely to engage in bingo and raffles.
- The first recorded betting games were played with marked disks or bones (the forerunners of dice), and spinning wheels or shields.
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