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Operators & License holders

Sociedade de Jogos de Macau, S.A.(SJM)

www.sjmholdings.com
SJM is Dr. Stanley Ho's reincarnation of STDM and one of the three original license holders. At the end of 2007 the company had 18 of the 28 casinos in Macau, with 1,412 tables and 3,702 slots.

Stanley Ho profile @ Wikipedia.org
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Ho

Shun Tak Holdings
www.shuntakgroup.com
Dr. Stanley Ho subsidiary company.

Galaxy Resort & Casino - Galaxy Casino SA

www.galaxyentertainment.com
Galaxy presently have 4 city clubs - The Waldo, Rio, Grand Waldo and President.

Galaxy StarWorld opened in October 2006 and the Galaxy Mega Resort is scheduled to open in 2008. With the new openings Galaxy's table game numbers are set to increase from 63 in April 2006 to 603 in 2007.

Galaxy Resort & Casino was formerly known as.K. Wah Construction Materials Ltd. which was founded by Lui Che Woo. The company changed it's name in November 2005 and is presently run by Woo's eldest son Francis Lui.

K. Wah Construction Materials Limited.
www.kwcml.com
K. Wah International Holdings Limited.
www.kwih.com

Wynn Resorts - Macau

www.wynnresorts.com
www.wynnmacau.com
One of the three companies granted master gaming licenses. Wynn Macau opened 5th September 2006. The company sold it's sub-license to Melco/Crown in early 2006 for $900 million

Las Vegas Sands - Sands Macau

www.lasvegassands.com
www.sands.com.mo
Sheldon Adelson's Macau properties operate on a sub-license that was granted by Galaxy Resorts to Las Vegas Sands Inc.
Share price: http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=LVS&d=t
Company profile: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=LVS

Melco Crown Entertainment

www.melco-pbl.com

www.melco-group.com
www.pbl.com.au
www.melco.hk.cn/eng/video_wmv.php
Melco Crown Entertainment is a partnership between Lawrence Ho's Melco International and James Packer's Crown (formerly PBL) the owner of Melbourne's Crown and Perth's Burswood Casinos . The companies properties use a sub-license purchased from Wynn Resorts for $900 million in early 2006. Melco/PBL's first operation, the Crown Macau opened 9th May, 2007.

Crown Macau www.crown-macau.com

Taipa Square Opened June 2008 at the Hotel Taipa Square.

City of Dreams Cotai Strip. Completion date 2008 ?. 200 tables.

3rd project Cotai Strip. Name and completion date unknown.

Melco International Development Ltd.

www.melco-group.com
Melco was originally called the The Macao Electric Lighting Company Ltd. Subsidiary companies that are also involved in gaming are Mocha Slot Group Ltd. & Mocha Slot.

The company owns 41% of Crown Macau through it's subsidiary PBL Melco Entertainment. The gaming license for the property was purchased in 2006 from Wynn Resorts for $900 million.

Mocha Slot
www.mochaslot.com
www.mochaclubs.com
8 locations in Macau.

MGM MIRAGE & Pansy Ho Chiu-king

www.mgmmirage.com
On the 19th April 2005 MGM Mirage announced a joint venture partnership with Pansy Ho to be called MGM Grand Macau.

The ground breaking ceremony on the $975 million project was held on 1st June, 2005 and the 300 table 1,000 slot casino opened for business on the 18th December, 2007.
www.mgmgrandmacau.com

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MGM_Grand_Macau

Emperor Entertainment Hotel (EEH) Ltd.

www.emperor.com.hk
www.emp296.com

EEH is listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange (0296). Casino interests include Golden Princess Cruises and the Emperor Hotel and Casino in North Korea. (Believed to be closed - 8/11/2005).

The Grand Emperor Hotel's casino in Macau officialy opened on the 20th January 2006. Actor Jackie Chan has a 5% stake. SJM hold 20% and in addition to managing the casino they also provide the gaming license.

Golden Resorts Group

www.goldenresortsgroup.com
http://sg.finance.yahoo.com/q?s=1031.HK&d=1b
Golden Resorts purchased two hotels with gaming facilities in 2005. The Grandview Hotel is located near the ferry terminal and the Casa Real Hotel on Taipa Island. The casino concessions at both locations are operated by Sociedade de Jogos de Macau, S.A. (SJM).
www.grandview-hotel.com
www.casarealhotel.com.mo

Greek Mythology (Macau) Entertainment Group

www.newcenturyhotel-macau.com
The casino operates on a sub-licence from SJM. A-Max Holdings is a minority shareholder with 19.9%. It was announced on the 9th November 2005 that A-MaX would up it's stake to 49.9%

Macau Government, Tourism & Education

Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau
www.dicj.gov.mo
English
www.dicj.gov.mo/EN/index.htm

Revenue reports
www.dicj.gov.mo/EN/Estat/DadosEstat/2007/estat.htm
www.dicj.gov.mo/EN/Estat/DadosEstat/2006/estat.htm

Government of Macau S.A.R.
www.macau.gov.mo

Direcção dos Serviços de Finanças - Macau Finance Service Bureau
www.dsf.gov.mo

Government Information Bureau
www.gcs.gov.mo

Macau Statistics and Census Service
www.dsec.gov.mo

Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute
www.ipim.gov.mo

Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO)
www.macautourism.gov.mo

Macao Tourism and Casino Career Centre
www.ccc.edu.mo
Opened in 2005 and managed jointly by Macao Polytechnic Institute (MPI) and Institute for Tourism Studies (IFT).

Macau Cultural Center - Centro Cultural de Macau
www.ccm.gov.mo

Institute for the Study of Commercial Gaming - University of Macau
www.umac.mo/iscg/
"Committed to the advancement of gaming knowledge that will benefit regulators, business and the society as a whole". For those interested in the bachelor degree program in gaming management the website has course information.

British Business Association of Macau
www.britchammacao.org
Established in June 2006.

Transport: Air & Ferries

Air

Macau Airport
www.macau-airport.com

Hong Kong Airport
www.hongkongairport.com

Air Macau
www.airmacau.com.mo

Viva Macau
www.flyvivamacau.com
Budget airline that debuted in December 2006.

Jet Asia
www.jetasia.com
The aviation arm of StanleyHo's STDM.

Ferries: Hong Kong, Macau & Cotai

Turbojet - Hong Kong to Macau
www.turbojet.com.hk
www.turbojetbooking.com

Turbojet - Sea Express
www.turbojetseaexpress.com.hk
Hong Kong International Airport to Shenzhen, Macau.

Cotai Jet - Hong Kong to Cotai
www.cotaijet.com.mo
High speed ferry service linking Hong Kong with the Cotai Strip owned by Las Vegas Sands. Operations started in early December 2007.

Associations

Macau Gaming Operators Association
Formed in early 2008 to represent the interests of the 6 casino licence holders.
- Sociedade de Jogos deMacau (SJM)
- Galaxy Entertainment Group
- Venetian Macao
- Wynn Macao
- Melco Crown (Macao)
- MGM Grand Paradise
www. ?

Macau Gaming Enterprises Staff Association
Associação de Empregados das Empresas de Jogo Macau
www.profissionaisdoscasinos.org

Macau Gaming Research Association (MGRA)
www.mgra.org.mo

Macau Professional Gaming Association ?

Attractions

Macau Fishermans Wharf
www.fishermanswharf.com.mo
The project occupying an area of over 111,500m2. was co-developed by Dr. Stanley Ho and David Chow with a total investment of around HKD1.9 billion.

Macau Tower Convention & Entertainment Centre
www.macautower.com.mo
www.flickr.com/photos/21580028@N02/2180140472/
Owned by Sociedade de Turismo e Diversões de Macau, S.A.R.L. (STDM) and operated by Shun Tak Holdings. 338m high with the main observation deck at 223m.

Macau Tower Bungee Jumping
http://ajhackett.com/macau

Macau Grand Prix
www.macau.grandprix.gov.mo
15th - 18th November, 2007.

Macau Greyhound Track - Canidrome
www.macauyydog.com

Macau Jockey Club
www.macauhorse.com

Slots, Sports betting & VIP rooms etc...

Macau Success
www.macausuccess.com
Gaming, shipping and cruise interests (M.V. Macau Success). Subsidiary Joyspirit Investments Ltd. is involved in gaming operations at the King Seiner Palace within the Pharoah Hotel.

Mocha Slots - Mocha Slot Group Limited,
www.mochaslot.com
Subsidiary of Melco International that operates around 500 slots on Macau which in early 2005 represented around 25% of the total machines in operation. Locations include the Royal Hotel, Kingsway Casino, Kampek Casino & Hotel Taipa Square.

Sociedade de Lotarias e Apostas Mutuas de Macau, Lda.
www.macauslot.com
www.macau-slot.com

Exhibitions & Conferences

G2E Asia
www.g2easia.com
The biggest and most important gaming exhibition and conference in Asia. The 2009 event will be held from the 2nd to 4th June.

Macau News & Information

TDM - Teledifusão de Macau
www.tdm.com.mo
Established in 1984 and owned by the S.A.R Government.
http://portugues.tdm.com.mo/eng_news.php
Daily English news update.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teledifus%C3%A3o_de_Macau
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_of_Macau

Macau Daily News
www.macaodaily.com
The leading local Chinese language newspaper.

Macau Business
www.macaubusiness.com
Hard copy magazine founded by Paulo A. Azevedo in May 2004.

Macau Daily Times
www.macaudailytimesnews.com
Daily English language newspaper and website.

MacauNews.com.mo
www.macaunews.com.mo
The leading local Chinese

Macau Casino World
www.macaucasinoworld.com
Website, blog and newsletter dedicated to casino news from Macau. Very impressive with excellent images and background information. Martin Chua.

Go Macau & Macau.com
www.gomacau.com
www.macau.com
Tourist & Hotel, News updates and blog.

Cotai Hotel & Casino News
www.cotaicasinonews.com
Global Casino Boom
www.globalcasinoboom.com

Macau Resorts
www.macauresorts.com

Macau Daily Blog
www.macaudailyblog.com

Destination Macau
www.destinationprd.com/macau.php

Gambling in Macau - Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambling_in_Macau

blogmacau.info
www.blogmacau.info
http://macau.blogharbor.com

Earth TV - Macau
www.earthtv.com/en/location/macau

Macau Webcams
www.iacm.gov.mo/webcam/new/index.asp

Macau Forums at SkyscraperCity.com
www.skyscrapercity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=404
Amazing images on some of the threads.

MacauABC.com - Property quide
www.macauabc.com

Macau.com - Hotel bookings and attractions
www.macau.com

Macau Hotel
http://macau.hotel.com.hk
Online Hotel room bookings.

Macau Tripping
www.macautripping.com

Moving to Macau
www.movingtomacau.com
Information on property for purchase and rental. Also photos and general background on living & life in the S.A.R.

YouTube - Macau Videos

The making of the Venetian Macau
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNKe41Uu2iM
Final touches to the Venetian
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_c56ngnq0po