Offshore expansion is just one way the junket operators - which earn commissions from casinos to attract “big whale” gamblers - are responding to pressures at home as Beijing strives to turn Macau into a mass-market tourist destination.Ĭaps on the supply of gaming tables that Macau’s casinos can install and new rules that make it harder for wealthy punters to remain anonymous are two of the regulatory changes prompting the junkets to alter their business model. It’s the biggest expansion phase ever right now,” said Ben Lee, Asian gaming consultant at Macau-based consultancy IGamiX. “The junkets are very aware and are looking all over Asia to expand. ![]() Wealthy Chinese gamblers are a growing presence in Asia’s emerging casino hubs as Macau’s junket operators use their home base as a springboard to grow their high-roller business across the region. ![]() It’s more like you’re in Macau,” says Francis Hernando, the Philippine gaming body’s vice president for licensed casino development. ![]() Tourists stand outside the Wynn Casino in Macau May 17, 2011.
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