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_2018-04-17
A local gaming workers association has submitted a petition for the Macau government to set up a ‘blacklist’ for gamblers who illegally smoke in c

_2017-10-29
A Macau legislator is pushing the government to appoint permanent inspectors in gaming areas to prevent infringements of the smoking law, Macau Busine

_2017-03-05
Around 68.7 percent of respondents to a new survey by the Macau Gaming Enterprises Staff Association have expressed their desire to work in smoke free

_2017-02-19
The Health Bureau’s Tobacco Control Office is considering new standards for smoking lounges as proposed by the city’s gaming concessionaires, Maca

_2017-02-15
The Macau government has reportedly proposed amendments to the smoking bill which would allow the establishment of smoking lounges in the city’s cas

_2017-02-11
Macau health groups are calling for new anti-smoking laws which would see venues penalized for allowing people to smoke indoors, Macau TDM reports. Ta

_2016-11-20
Sands China and MGM China have been cleared from alleged violations of Macau’s anti-smoking law, local media reports. In August, the Health Bureau i

_2016-10-26
The Committee behind Macau’s proposed universal smoking ban has promised that a final decision on the ban would be made by the end of this tenure of

_2016-10-13
Philippines is set to roll out a nationwide public smoking ban as early as next month, local media reports. The regulation to be signed by Philippine

_2016-09-03
A Macau casino labor union has petitioned the government to strengthen the enforcement of its smoking ban in gaming venues, local media reports. The p

_2016-06-12
Philippines’ casino operators will soon be appealing to president-elect Rodrigo Duterte to exempt their businesses from a public smoking and liquor

_2015-11-25
VIP gaming investor Best Sunshine said it is within the anti-smoking law at its Saipan casino due to the law stating that smoking is not regulated in

_2015-10-26
Macau authorities are looking into allegations that Wynn Macau breached smoking rules after 70 of the casino’s employees went on strike to protest a

_2015-09-23
Macau’s health department is forecasting that gross gaming revenue will decline 2.7 percent to 4.6 percent in the event of a total smoking ban in Ma

_2015-09-16
Sterne Agee says based on checks with two active and one former Macau Assembly members, additional smoking restrictions are unlikely to be implemented

_2015-09-07
During the first eight months of the year, a total of 301 inspections had been jointly carried out in casinos by the Health and the Gaming Inspection

_2015-08-06
The Macau government has relaxed its resolute tone on a full smoking ban in casinos, after the secretary for social affairs said the government would

_2015-07-19
Gaming revenue from baccarat played by VIPs in Macau decreased 42.2 percent in 15Q2 to MOP31.57 billion year-on-year, according to official data. The

_2015-07-19
The Macau Junket Operators Association threatened that its members would quit Macau if the industry’s falling revenues from the VIP sector are made