Nearly half of Macao's "Stacked Code Boys" disappeared, only 42 remained, and the role of intermediaries in the industry was diluted, and most of them were no longer renewed!
Macau announced yesterday that only 42 gaming intermediaries registered as corporations in the new year, commonly known as "Stacked Yard Boys", a decrease of more than 44% from last year, have disappeared from the list of gaming intermediaries. Among them, in addition to Sun City, where the major shareholder and director Zhou Zhuohua was arrested, Hengsheng, which had a cooperative relationship with Ji Xiaobo's Bohua Pacific in the early years, has withdrawn from the intermediary market. The gaming group at the forefront of the market, including Gold Group, Superstar, Dejin and Century, is still registered. Some industry insiders said that with the newly revised Gaming Law "spicy", some people looked down on the business prospects in Macau and decided to give up the intermediary license.
According to the latest list of gaming intermediaries, there are a total of 46 registered gaming intermediaries, with only 42 gaming intermediaries registered as corporations and only 4 registered intermediaries registered in the name of individuals, both of which are the lowest numbers on record.
According to the data, compared with the industry peak, the number of intermediary licences registered in the name of corporations and individuals in 2013 totaled 235, and the number of licensed intermediaries decreased by more than 80%. In addition to the industry leader Sun City, Hengsheng Group, which has long occupied the top six positions in the industry, has not seen a license, and another veteran gambling hall industry lucky star has not registered. As for the other top gambling group, including Macau Gold Group, Superstar, Dejin and Century Group, the trading is still renewed, and the new Reed Jun related to The Reed Jun's creation continues to be on the list.
Looking at the registration information of a person in Sun City Gaming Agency, the company still has registration, but the latest status has added the words "there is a temporary registration" in recent days, which has not been seen in the past. The registration of the sole director of the Company, Zhou Zhuohua, and the Zhongtu Building located in the new port remained unchanged, and the share capital remained at the level of MOP30,000.
When enquired, Senior Gaming Practitioner Lam Ji-kwong said that the BOC usually approved the intermediary licence as early as mid-January and then waited for the applicant's signature to confirm it, due to the recent changes in macau's gambling industry, it is estimated that many of the same trades have not signed to obtain the license this time. He also said that many intermediaries have "no expectations" and "tighten after tightening" the newly revised gambling ordinance, believing that "the industry is half dead". He predicted that many intermediaries may move to the Philippines, Malaysia and Australia after the epidemic and no longer be "tied to Macau".
According to another source in macau bo enterprises, even if the number of gaming intermediaries announced by the latest announcement has been greatly reduced, under the requirements of the new regulations, that is, according to the system that each intermediary can only serve one bo enterprise, and the market has changed, whether it will cooperate with newly renewed intermediaries in the future as in the past is also being explored; this may mean that the intermediaries who can eventually operate normal business may even be less than 46.
