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IAG DEC 2021年12月 亞博匯 17 請登錄asgam.com訂閱《亞博匯早報》 Sign up to receive IAG Breakfast Briefing at asgam.com CALL FOR MACAU’S SATELLITE CASINOS TO BE LICENSED BY LAW 業界呼籲賦予衛星賭場法定地位 THE MACAU GAMING EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION (MGEMA) – an entity representing the interests of gaming and technology suppliers – has called for proposed revisions to Macau’s gaming law to include the granting of legal status to satellite casinos. In a submission to the government obtained by IAG , the MGEMA said satellite casinos “should be granted legal status” as a unique model in the development of Macau’s gaming industry. “The assets of the 18 satellite casinos currently exceed MOP$50 billion (US$6.2 billion) and they have made a significant contribution to Macau’s economic development and job creation in the past 20 years,” the submission reads. “The overall scale of the satellite casinos combined is by no means inferior to any current gambling concession holder. The number of local employees employed by the satellite casinos accounts for about 15% of the local gambling workforce. At the same time, it has also cultivated the surrounding catering and retail industries. “Satellite casinos are an existing fact and the government cannot turn a blind eye and ignore it. This industry must have room for survival and development. We (the MGEMA) recommended issuing multiple franchise licenses and giving them legal status so as to stabilize the social environment of Macau and promote the diversified development of the gaming industry.” 由娛樂及科技公司 組成的非牟利機構澳門娛樂 設備廠商會（MGEMA）日前就博彩法修訂諮 詢文本提出意見數則，其中包括呼籲賦予衛星 賭場法定地位。 澳門娛樂設備廠商會在一份提交予政府的 文件中表示，衛星賭場作為澳門博彩業發展過 程中一種獨特的模式，「宜賦予法定地位」。 該文件中稱：「根據不完全的統計，目前 18間衛星賭場的資產超過500億澳門元，近20 年來對澳門的經濟發展、創造就業作出重大的 貢獻。」 「衛星賭場的總體規模絕不亞於目前任何 一個賭牌，衛星賭場僱用的本地員工數量約佔 本地博彩從業員的15%，同時也培育了周邊餐 飲、零售業的發展。」 「衛星賭場是現存事實，政府不能『視而 不見，見而不理』，必須讓其有生存和發展的 空間。建議可增發多個特許經營準照，並賦予 其法定地位，從而穩定澳門社會環境，對博彩 業多元化發展都有促進作用。」