The Hollywood-themed integrated casino resort opened in 2015. It’s Melco’s second property on the Cotai Strip after City of Dreams, which commenced operations in 2009.<\/p>\n
\nAnalysts don’t feel Ho is truly ready to fold on high roller play. Instead, they predict the 46 VIP licensed tables will be moved to City of Dreams \u2013 and potentially the resort’s new Morpheus tower, which opened last summer. The ultra-luxury $1.1 billion hotel tower features 772 five-star rooms.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
The DICJ regulates the number of table games throughout the enclave. When Ho opened Morpheus, the agency said no additional tables would be allocated in 2018.<\/p>\n
Macau law mandates that the number of table game permits can only increase at a rate of three percent every 10 years. There were 6,588 tables taking wagers last year.<\/p>\n
Earlier this month, the DICJ approved 25 mass market tables for MGM, and 50 for Melco.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The number of Macau junket operators continues to decline, as fewer VIP players from the mainland travel to the world’s richest gambling hub. According to data supplied by the Macau Gaming and Inspection Coordination Bureau (DICJ), there are currently 100 junket groups. That’s down more than eight percent. Six years ago this month, the DICJ […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":97436,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,10,18,13592],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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