MGM's Responsible Gaming Helps Build a Harmonious and Healthy Society on All Fronts

MGM China has been based in Macau for more than 16 years, and has always believed that the implementation of responsible gaming can build a healthy and sustainable business model for the industry, which is conducive to the establishment of a healthy and balanced environment in Macau that is pleasant to live in, pleasant to work in, and pleasant to visit, and is the foundation for the stable development of the society. The implementation of the new Legal Framework for the Operation of Casino Lucky Betting demonstrates the importance that the Macao SAR Government attaches to the promotion of responsible gaming. Both MGM Macau & MGM Cotai Casinos are officially recognized as “Responsible Gaming Implementation Model Units”, recognized the effectiveness of MGM's work on responsible gaming.

  

MGM MACAU & MGM COTAI Named “Responsible Gaming Implementation Model Units”

 

To maximize the effectiveness of responsible gaming implementation, MGM has joined hands with the Macao Federation of Trade Unions, Macao New Chinese Youth Association, Sheng Kung Hui Macau Social Services Coordination Office, Macao Gaming Industry Employees Home, Youth Volunteers Association of Macao, and a number of other organizations to launch the new the “MGM Responsible Gaming Community Engagement Scheme” in 2023, and organized more than 50 school tours of financial management musicals, responsible gaming financial orientations competition, community carnivals, community pop-up event and roadshows, sand table experiences, counseling, financial management seminars, and online quiz games. Through 2023, more than 9,000 students, citizens and visitors have participated in more than 30 responsible gaming-themed events throughout the year; and more than 10,000 MGM members have participated in more than 20 responsible gaming-themed events.

 

MGM joins hands with local community associations to launch the brand new “MGM Responsible Gaming Community Engagement Scheme”, aiming to build a harmonious and healthy society through comprehensive cooperation among public institutions, private enterprises, and social service organizations.

 

“MGM Responsible Gaming Community Engagement Scheme”- Campus Tour of Financial Education Musical

 

As MGM China enters a new decade, it will continue to align itself with the policies and directions of the Macau SAR Government, make timely adjustments and optimize its responsible gaming efforts in line with the development of the society, and take practical actions to promote responsible gaming to the company and the community at all levels. In response to the needs of different user groups, MGM China will work with various departments and social service organizations to disseminate responsible gaming messages to employees, their relatives and friends, members of the public and tourists in different ways and with different contents, as well as to implement relevant training, publicity, prevention, and education programs.

MGM China expects that the implementation of responsible gaming will help Macao build a safe, positive and friendly city image, make Macao the preferred travel destination for tourists, enable talents and enterprises interested in settling in Macao to settle in Macao with greater confidence, provide Macao's leisure and tourism industry with a healthy, stable and long-term business environment, protect the stability of the local employment market, and further support local small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), supporting youth entrepreneurship and technological innovation, assisting in the implementation of the "1+4" development planning, and promoting appropriate and diversified economic development can actively promote the joint development of sports, culture, tourism and other industries, and help Macao to build a "Performing Arts Capital", "City of Sports", "City of Culture", which will help Macao to build a balanced and stable industry environment, and to build a healthy and sustainable future for the next generation.

 

  

 

Should you be interested to learn more, please click here to view our Sustainability Report 2023.

For more information on official Responsible Gaming and Self-exclusion application, please click: www.dicj.gov.mo/web/en/responsible/index.html