Inside Asian Gaming

INSIDE ASIAN GAMING OCTOBER 2018 26 I N September, Macau celebrated 10 years of Responsible Gambling (RG) promotion. The event was dubbed by Professor Davis Fong, the man overseeing the Institute for the Study of Commercial Gaming of the Macau University (ISCG) – possibly the public body most embedded in the task of addressing RG policies – as a “very important landmark” for MdME lawyer Carlos Eduardo Coelho takes a critical look at a proposed amendment to Macau’s gaming law that would see many casino employees banned from entering any Macau gaming floor outside of work hours. Macau. And indeed it was! Since November 2008, when then Chief Executive Dr Edmund Ho announced that the government would prepare RG guidelines in accordance with international standards, a lot of water has passed under the bridge. If we look at the numbers, based on the Responsible Gambling Awareness Survey prepared by ISCG in December 2017 COLUMNISTS Carlos is an experienced Macau SAR qualified lawyer who joined MdME in 2018 after working for another leading law firm in Macau. He is a key contact in MdME’s gaming practice where he provides corporate and regulatory assistance to gaming equipment manufacturers, service providers and other relevant players in the industry. MdME’s Macau-based gaming expertise has allowed Carlos to be sourced by gaming players around the globe, but particularly throughout Asia, to assist in cross-border matters. By Carlos Eduardo Coelho DICJ Director Paulo Martins Chan at the September launch of the Macau SAR Government’s 2018 Responsible Gambling Promotions. IS MACAU GAMBLING WITH ITS RESPONSIBILITY?