There’s some excellent news relating to the playing market in Macau. As Wong Sio Chak, Secretary for Safety in Macau revealed on Friday, gaming-related crime decreased considerably in 2022.
In comparison with the earlier yr, the lower is 41.6%. In 2021, 635 circumstances associated to the gaming business had been reported, whereas in 2022, that quantity was solely 371.
COVID-19 influence:
In 2022, there have been 86 circumstances that included some type of fraud, which is 56.1% much less than in 2021. Additionally, relating to the circumstances of orders, their quantity decreased by 31.3% with solely 44 circumstances in 2022. There additionally had been 34 circumstances of improper appropriation, a big 47.7% lower than the earlier yr. With quite a lot of 33 circumstances of mortgage sharking, their quantity decreased by 53.5%. The variety of thefts was 26, which is 40.9% down.
The general public who had been by some means included within the crimes had been from the mainland – 272 of them. Solely 147 residents of Macau had been concerned, and the variety of these from Hong Kong is even lower- solely 10 of them.
Then again, the victims of those gaming crimes are additionally from the mainland generally. The whole variety of Mainlanders who’ve skilled some form of crime towards them is 129. Macau locals are additionally affected, with 72 of them being victims. Clients from Hong Kong haven’t been hit by these crimes a lot since solely 10 of them had been focused.
These outcomes haven’t stunned both authorities or the general public. The police said that it’s pure for the reason that fluctuation of tourists in Macau coincides with the outcomes: in 2022, the COVID-19 pandemic hit the island tougher, so there was a lesser variety of guests in comparison with 2021.
The bottom variety of crimes within the final 4 years:
Wong mentioned: “The SAR authorities launched the playing license bidding course of in September final yr and introduced the leads to late November. To date, no damaging influence from the playing license bidding on public order has been discovered.
“Based on related data and intelligence, no triad organizations or members associated to the playing business had been discovered … final yr because of the introduction of latest playing legal guidelines and the downturn within the playing business.”
The lower wasn’t seen solely when it got here to gaming-related crimes. The variety of every kind of crimes decreased, with 9.799 circumstances in 2022. In comparison with 2021, there was a big lower of 13.9%. Additionally, the variety of crimes is decrease than it has been within the final 4 years: in 2019, that quantity was 14.178; in 2020, it was 10.057, whereas in 2021 it was 11.376.
Wong believes it’s a big step in direction of the intense future of Macau, establishing its popularity as a secure metropolis.
