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and 15 minutes – but outlined some of the changes
that are being considered, sources said.
The Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau
did not field questions at the meeting.
Quoting an unnamed source, Inside Asian Gaming
reported that the standards resemble the GLI-11
regimen for gaming devices in casinos developed by
Gaming Laboratories International, LLC (GLI). The
GLI-11 guidelines for slot machine and other
electronic gaming software and hardware have acted
as a default standard in Macau for some years.
Legislated regulation of slot machines is a long
promised but slowly evolving goal, with promises to
issue rules in 2008 coming to nothing.
While the introduction of a new technical regime
carries a degree of uncertainty for operators and
manufacturers and points to wider regulatory reform,
one company official said the release of draft
standards is a welcome development. The official,
who was represented at the meeting and later briefed
on its contents, told GamblingCompliance that, “I’m
not expecting anything too restrictive”.
The draft was consistent with the Gaming
Inspection and Coordination Bureau’s “fairly opentype
policy” in that it is “not excluding anyone” from
the market, the official said.
“It’s always good to have regulations. Then you
know the rules you play to,” the manager said.
The Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau
did not respond to requests for comment by
publication time.
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