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The honey trap
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ormer junket operator told Macau “You will find so many sub- restrictions, the girls were able to
Business times are tough for junket junkets and sub-sub-sub junkets come to Macau twice a month and
operators and subsequently for casinos: that you don’t know how much each stay 14 days each time.
“Bad business is promoting side and is getting for the one deal. Before The former junket man added:
phone betting,’’ he said. the visa restrictions were imposed, “These girls did a great job! after
“in the old days, a junket was hundreds of girls from the mainland they left we begun to see an
someone known for being a very would spend weeks in Macau increase in the numbers on the
skilled gambler, respected, with good spotting customers losing money on gaming floor! How about that? Many
connections and a greater bankroll. casino ground floors and luring them analysts can’t understand why while
Nowadays, virtually anyone can be one,’’ to the Vip rooms. the Vip numbers are falling, the
he adds. “They would lend those men gaming floor sector is growing. i
The junket deal has become complex money so they would be able to play guess this is one of the reasons.’’
and today there are sub-products and and the girls would receive a piece of
On the side
imaginative techniques to lure customers the action.”
everywhere. Before the imposition of the visa
The counsellor agrees with the
former junket man that side betting
as well as phone betting are both
reaching unheard of levels.
“Side-betting is related to the
crisis and phone-betting to the visa
restrictions. Both are inter-related.
phone betting allows gamblers to
keep on playing while they are not
in Macau. and while they play, it
is easy for side-betting to occur
because the operator has no control
whatsoever and the junket sees his
chance to make a profit during bad
times.”
The former junket man adds:
“We all have inside information
confirming these trends, but how
to prove it is the matter and the
government is the only one that can
do something about it. after all it is
all money they are not cashing in…”
april 2009
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