In Macau, today 18 of December, will see the Legislative Assembly decide whether to ratify a measure that would officially prohibit the city’s around 54,000 casino employees from entering the gaming floor of all local casinos for any purpose other than to work.
The government-backed prohibition is aimed at curbing problem gambling among staff at the city’s many casinos and would include table game dealers and the about 8,000 people directly employed by junket operators.
The ban would also include staff directly employed by casinos in non-gaming roles such as food service, cleaning, surveillance and cage operations although it would not cover outsourced workers filling the same positions. The measure would moreover institute a twelve-month grace period while allowing casino employees to gamble during the first three days of the Chinese New Year.
It would furthermore allow casino employees to visit a gaming floor outside of working hours if they are receiving education, being trained or ‘participating in an association’s event.’
