Inside Asian Gaming

IAG OCT 2020年10月 亞博匯 47 焦點關注 when it comes to the percentage of profit they can demand, as well as the size and quality of their VIP rooms. Finally, VIP promoters may also have certain bonuses written into their agreements that will reward them for exceeding their monthly minimum roll requirements. More on these minimums later. Also working in the junkets’ favor is the fact that they have few fixed expenses when it comes to their VIP rooms. The operator is responsible for supplying all gaming staff including dealers, supervisors and pit managers as well as managing the tables and covering the cost of renovating rooms when it is felt they need updating. The junkets may provide their own hosts as well as runners who go back and forth between the cage and tables to buy and redeem chips on behalf of their players. No such transactions are allowed at the tables themselves. VIP rooms in Macau range from just a couple of tables in size to well over 20 for the big boys. IMPACT OF MACAU’S TABLE CAP In 2010, the Macau government announced the implementation of a table cap aimed at limiting the number of new live dealer tables allowed into the market for a period of 10 years from 4Q12 to the end of 2022. The cap allows for a 3% compound annual growth rate in the number of tables Macau-wide, meaning that from a base of 5,500 tables in 2012 there can be no more than 7,392 tables at the end of the 10-year period. As of 30 June 2020 there were 5,869 operational gaming tables in Macau, down from 6,739 at the end of 2019 on COVID-19 restrictions, according to official DICJ figures.