China Jails Workers From Crown Resorts of Australia in Message to Casinos
Although gambling is illegal in mainland China, many Chinese flock to Macau — a special administrative region under Beijing’s rule
but governed by separate laws — as well as places like Australia, Singapore and the Philippines to try their luck.
“The uncertainty was stifling for a lot of casino operators because they didn’t exactly know how this was going to pan out
and what the exact objections were because not much was made public,” said Sudhir Kalé, the founder of GamePlan Consultants, a gambling consultancy based in Australia that has advised Crown in the past.
“Most operators will also learn that, every now and then, the government does become very serious about implementing the laws in the strictest sense of the word,
and therefore they will be a lot more subtle in terms of promoting their properties to the mainland Chinese market,” he said