Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

Macao's gaming credit practices: 15 years after the gaming credit law

Macao's gaming credit practices: 15 years after the gaming credit law The purpose of this paper is to discuss the evolution of Macao's gaming credit practices with reference to its promulgation of the gaming credit law after its gaming liberalization.Design/methodology/approachA qualitative approach based on in-depth interviews with casino executives, government officials and gamblers to probe their perspectives on Macao's gaming credit practices was adopted due to its underresearched nature. Documentary analysis of annual reports and court files was also used.FindingsDespite the potential of increased revenue with more credit, the credit risk for gaming concessionaires remained under control, while VIP-rooms and junket operators have adopted more prudent policy and faced substantial challenge in credit collection. All these would lead to greater alignment with law-based credit practices.Research limitations/implicationsSince gaming credit information was considered confidential, the author experienced difficulty in arranging the interviews, and the nonprobability sampling characterized by the selection bias might affect the findings.Practical implicationsThe findings have demonstrated some major credit practices such as credit charges on credit balances and terms and conditions for repayment for different credit providers in Macao.Originality/valueThe different credit practices by credit providers at different levels of gaming credit have been presented in the same paper. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Asian Education and Development Studies Emerald Publishing

Macao's gaming credit practices: 15 years after the gaming credit law

Siu Lam, Carlos
Asian Education and Development Studies , Volume 12 (1): 12 – Jan 2, 2023
Download PDF
12 pages

Loading next page...
 
/lp/emerald-publishing/macao-s-gaming-credit-practices-15-years-after-the-gaming-credit-law-fj1zdKSGIP

References (25)

Publisher
Emerald Publishing
Copyright
© Emerald Publishing Limited
ISSN
2046-3162
DOI
10.1108/aeds-03-2020-0045
Publisher site
See Article on Publisher Site

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the evolution of Macao's gaming credit practices with reference to its promulgation of the gaming credit law after its gaming liberalization.Design/methodology/approachA qualitative approach based on in-depth interviews with casino executives, government officials and gamblers to probe their perspectives on Macao's gaming credit practices was adopted due to its underresearched nature. Documentary analysis of annual reports and court files was also used.FindingsDespite the potential of increased revenue with more credit, the credit risk for gaming concessionaires remained under control, while VIP-rooms and junket operators have adopted more prudent policy and faced substantial challenge in credit collection. All these would lead to greater alignment with law-based credit practices.Research limitations/implicationsSince gaming credit information was considered confidential, the author experienced difficulty in arranging the interviews, and the nonprobability sampling characterized by the selection bias might affect the findings.Practical implicationsThe findings have demonstrated some major credit practices such as credit charges on credit balances and terms and conditions for repayment for different credit providers in Macao.Originality/valueThe different credit practices by credit providers at different levels of gaming credit have been presented in the same paper.

Journal

Asian Education and Development Studies – Emerald Publishing

Published: Jan 2, 2023

Keywords: Gaming credit; Macao; Credit practice

There are no references for this article.