Categories: Gaming

Melco Crown Entertainment refused Casino

A CASINO will not be included in the Macau Studio City project; this was reiterated by the Secretary for Transport and Public Works Lau Si Io. Melco Crown bought a majority stake in the Studio City project last year and submitted a formal request to the government to include a casino.

In June last year, Melco Crown’s co-chairman, Lawrence Ho, said that Studio City would open with 300 to 400 gaming tables and 1,200 slot machines, pending government approval.

Since then, the government has said several times that the current approved project for Studio City doesn’t include a casino, but has never made clear whether it will approve any request to change this. So this could of course change in the future?

Nonetheless, the gaming operator has stated several times that it is confident that it will be able to include a casino in the project, to be located in Cotai.

Staff

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