Macau’s casinos are likely to post a 28% rise in gross gaming industry revenue for the two months of the year. Harry Curtis, analyst at Nomura Securities, told Macau Business that figures after 12 days of the current month show an increase of 28 percentage point compared with the previous year. This is up from his previous estimate of 25%
Vice chairman of one of the enclave’s largest casino business firms wants the government to allow dealers from overseas to operate. Francis Lui, vice chairman of Galaxy Entertainment Group, wants the authorities to end a policy that only allows native dealers to operate. Lui told Macau Post the changes would allow local dealers to be promoted higher up the employment ladder. The enclave’s unemployment level currently sits at a very low 2.1% and with both gaming and non-gaming projects in the offing that figure will stay low and fuel the need for foreign workers.