"This cat catching mice has played a few years, and the mice and cats did not disappear." ｜ Phoenix Focus

Author:Phoenix Television Time:2022.09.29

Zhou Yihua, director of the Macau Sun City Group, known as "Washing Mihua", a total of 289 cases of controlling 289 cases of control, such as illegal business gambling, fraud and money -laundering, in September 2022 in the Macau Junior Court.

Due to the lack of hearing of the 21 defendants involved in the case, Zhou Yihua's case was again tried on September 19, 2022. Zhou Yinghua appeared in court to deny allegations such as illegal gambling, online gambling and money laundering, and only acknowledged that he had been engaged in a legal telephone betting business in the Philippines.

As a comprehensive entertainment company, Sun City Group was the leader in the Macau gaming intermediary industry. Lucas has worked in the membership of the Sun City Group for many years and has witnessed its rise and fall.

Former employees of Sun City Group, Macau, Lucas (pseudonym):

"Mr. Zhou often goes in and out of major venues. We are commonly known as the tour. Although he looks approachable, there is no shelf. But I am a selfish business person. In fact, these exchanges are illegal. Now that he has happened to him alone, it has involved more than 700,000 people in Macau to pay for his behavior. "

Why does Zhou Yihua's gambling rivers and lakes and capital layouts have attracted attention from various parties, but also start from Macau's gaming history.

Xiao Zhicheng, an associate professor of commercial economics at the School of Business Administration of Macau:

"From the end of the 19th century to the end of the 20th century, after four major periods, the Australian and Portuguese government first issued the gaming specialization rights. Co., Ltd.. In 2002, the Macau government ended the gaming industry's monopoly business period according to the development of the development after its establishment. During the development period. Due to the development of history, the development process of the industry eventually became 6 independent gambling operators. "

Macau Bo Enterprise, six male hegemony. After returning in 1999, Macau gambling income quickly surpassed Las Vegas and became the world's largest gambling city. As of the end of 2018, there were 41 lucky gaming casinos, 6588 units in gambling tables, and 16,059 gambling tables. Because of the unique geographical advantages of Macau, the gaming Chinese and Western combination and gambling methods have derived many gambling table terms.

Unlike other parts of the world, there is also a symbiotic class between the Macau casinos and gamblers: a casino agent. The intermediary can be a company or an individual. Among them, the gambling intermediary who recruits business for the owner of the Casino VIPs, also known as the "Overcode".

Xiao Zhicheng, an associate professor of commercial economics at the School of Business Administration of Macau:

"Why is the gambling agent called 'stack code"? Because many times they contract some chips in the casino, and then sell some chips to guests in Hong Kong and Macao docks or other places. Or a free hotel room. As long as he finds the guest in the gambling hall, he can have his own income. As long as the absolute value expands, their income is considerable. "

Macau gaming industry is divided into corner machine business, midfield business and VIP room business based on the consumption grade. From 2006 to 2013, the business contribution of the VIP room was between 65-70%, accounting for the highest proportion.

The casino contracts the VIP room to the gambling intermediary to operate, and then contact the VIP to enter the gambling hall by "stacked code" to expand the interest chain. Zhou Yihua took advantage of the "stacking code" younger brother who had the most prosperous business development of the VIP room. In 2007, Zhou Yihua received the Macau government authorized to create Sun City Gaming Intermediary, Sun City Group, which promoted the VIP gaming business.

Senior intermediary business participants and investors Lin Jiguang:

"When the gaming industry was very prosperous in the past, more than 200 billion in 300 billion gambling received from the contribution of the intermediary of the gambling hall. I am tired, but he will still reply. Many people think that all the operators of the gambling hall are left Qinglong, right white tiger, and do not have tools around the waist. In fact, all the gambling hall operators, including Mr. Zhou, are all very The compliance is legal, all of which are very sow. If we are polite and treat the guests a little bit, the guests will not help us, and we will die. "

Legal compliance is the prerequisite for the steady and healthy development of the Macau gaming industry. Under the operation of Zhou Yihua, the business expanded to the field of entertainment, tourism, catering, and media, and the gambling landscape also quickly covered the Philippines, Vietnam, and Cambodia.

However, in 2019, the Philippine and Cambodia's Sun City Online Gambling Platform controlled by Zhou Yihua was accused of suspected cross -border gambling, which made mainland Chinese gamblers bet on the video with the help of video, and did not leave home to achieve overseas gambling. According to a survey of the Mainland police, in 2019, there were about hundreds of thousands of members of the Sun City Online Gambling Platform, with an average of more than 100 billion yuan from mainland China.

In March 2021, the amendment to the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China was introduced, and cross -border gambling crimes were first sentenced. At the end of August of the same year, it seemed that Zhou Yihua, who had a hunch, sold all the Sun International stocks held, and cash more than 70 million Hong Kong dollars. On November 26, Wenzhou Public Security issued an announcement that it officially announced that Zhou Yi's suspected organizing cross -border gambling crime case was filed for investigation. In December 2021, Sun City Gaming Intermediary Co., Ltd. issued an internal employee announcement that the company could not operate and stopped business across the board.

Shortly after the incident of the Sun City Group, many bloggers announced the closure of all the VIP rooms of the intermediary operations. The "Dejin Group", which is also a gaming agency leader, also acknowledged that some bloggers had suspended cooperation and dismissed employees.

Senior intermediary business participants and investors Lin Jiguang:

"This cat caught the mouse game, I thought all of them had been playing for 10,000 years, the mice did not disappear, and the cat did not disappear."

Macau Legislative Councilor Lin Yutao:

"I think the government is responsible. What is our biggest problem? It is not good for regulation, especially for some illegal behaviors to bypass normal financial control, and it has not been corrected."

In order to improve the gaming environment, since September 15, 2021, the Macau Special Administrative Region Government has launched public consultation and amendments to the "Casino Lucky Betting Business Legal System" of Law Lucky Gaming Operations No. 16/2001, 2001.

Macau Legislative Councilor Lin Yutao:

"The epidemic is an important factor, but the core factor is the fruit planted before, that is, it is not good enough for the regulation of the entire gaming industry. It is indeed late, but it is always better to be late."

Lin Yutao, a member of the Legislative Council, who participated in the discussion of the "New Gaming Law" group, voted for the only opposition votes in the process of reviewing and voting the new "Gaming Law". Development issues should not be cut.

Liu Jiarong, president of the Macau Gaming Power Association, is also very concerned about the issue of Macau gaming people's livelihood. It has been nearly 8 years since the establishment of the Macau Gaming Power Association in December 2014.

Liu Jiarong, president of the Macau Gaming Association:

"The practitioners are actually very simple. The four words‘ live and work ”. Because Macau’ s gaming industry has been like this for a long time, we hope to use communication methods to ensure the benefits of employees. This is the biggest purpose of our association. "

During the revision of the new gaming law, the Macau government made concessions in the final text, and no longer forcibly requesting that bloggers must obtain the assets of the "satellite casino", and the "satellite casino" without operating rights also obtained a legal transition period.

On June 23, 2022, the Law of the Law of the Casino Lucky Gaming Operations of the Casino Lucky Gaming Operations of the Macau Special Administrative Region officially came into effect. This is the first revision in the 21st year of the Macau Gaming Law. In addition, the new law involves the "national security" clause for the first time, which has strengthened the supervision of Macau gaming and prohibits gambling agencies from sharing with Cheng approval companies.

According to the old gaming method, the 20 -year period of Blog Gambling Camer was approved by the Blogen, MGM, Wynn, Macau, Galaxy, and Sands, which were approved by the gambling operation on June 26, 2022 It will be extended for half a year to the end of 2022 to carry out a new round of gambling card re -investment procedures in the situation of the employment market. The "New Gaming Law" once again stipulates that the gaming business license batch is given to six upper limit, which is prohibited from "re -approval", and the batch period is shortened from the past 20 years to 10 years.

On September 14, 2022, the new bidding voting deadline, a total of seven companies submitted the bidding. Except for the six major Boco companies in the operation, the "new player" named GMM Co., Ltd. on behalf of Malaysia Genting Group submitted a gambling brand bidding for a "new player", becoming the only new company to join the gambling brand bidding.

Macau Legislative Councilor Lin Yutao:

"I think it can be regarded as expected. Why? When it was invested in 2001, 21 companies in Macau participated in the gambling cards in Macau, including the Genting of Malaysia, which can be said that it is not the first time that it has come to Macau to bet cards. The only strange thing is that no new operators will participate in the six gambling cards of Macau. On the contrary, in fact, I am really a little disappointed, only one to compete. "

On September 16, 2022, the Casino Lucky Betting Operations announced the opening results of the public bidding committee. Seven bloggers participating in the bidding were accepted, of which GMM Co., Ltd. was "conditional acceptance".

The improvement of the new gaming bill and the public bidding of the new round of gambling cards will reshape the Macau gaming industry. As early as September 5, 2021, the "Overall Plan for the Construction of Hengqin Guangdong -Australia In -Construction Zone Construction" issued by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council also put forward suggestions for promoting a moderate and diverse economy in Macau.

Macau Legislative Councilor Lin Yutao:

"We don't just rely on gambling. We don't rely on the gambling of the VIP room by gambling. After the gambling collection of the VIP room, don't just rely on the economic benefits brought by them. It is like playing 21 points to make every card, which is our future. "

Producer: Ke Zhongping