Inside Asian Gaming

IAG SEP 2020年9月 亞博匯 25 封面故事 澳門在1999年主權回歸中國之後，是在「一國兩制」下中國領 土上唯一博彩合法的地方。回歸20多年來，由於雙方有各自的法 律法規，因而在合法博彩這問題上留有很多灰色地帶，並由此產 生模糊性。 我認為在現行制度的基礎上，需要一個資金管道，專門負責 監管參與博彩業務人士其資金水平的資格審查，同時監管娛樂場 及貴賓廳的資金來源，統計正常進入澳門的資金數據。 新增這個監管制度可以有效避免參與合法經營娛樂場及貴 賓廳人士或機構墮入內地法律法規的灰色地帶。同時也可以堵截 It can also stop some people taking advantage of loopholes to make illogical deals offering huge amounts of credit to gamblers, or settling debts with gamblers through illegal means such as the forced sales of assets or share transfers on the mainland. The regulatory system is necessary to solve the numerous social problems created on the mainland due to the Macau gambling industry, and not make mainlanders feel like Macau casinos are mysterious and sinful abysses. AWS: Macau’s gaming industry has boomed in the past 20 years on the back of the flow of capital from the mainland to Macau, yet as you say the mainland has strict laws over capital outflow. What are the main problems which have surfaced in relation to this? AC: We need proper financing channels. In the past, most of the inflows of capital to Macau were done through illegal channels to support the development of the Macau gaming industry. Capital comes to Macau through illegal channels and we cannot deny that Macau’s legal gaming business benefits from this capital, so this topic is quite sensitive. On the one hand, mainland China supports Macau’s economy under “One Country, Two Systems.” Thanks to the support of the motherland through supporting the liberalization of the Macau gaming industry and the launch of the Individual Visit Scheme (IVS), the Macau gaming industry has soared.