Inside Asian Gaming

FEBRUARY 2018 INSIDE ASIAN GAMING 9 Wynn Macau VIP dealer steals HK$48 million in chips A 49-year old casino dealer stole gaming chips with a face value of almost HK$48 million from a VIP room at Wynn Macau before escaping through the main entrance. Macau’s Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) and Judiciary Police revealed in mid-January that the man worked as a dealer in a VIP room at Wynn and had been working shortly before the incident in which he changed into another jacket before grabbing the chips, putting them into a large bag, walking out of the main entrance and jumping into a car. There had been earlier reports that he was brandishing a knife at the time but the Judiciary Police denied this was the case. The man, identified only as Lei, was captured three days later alongside his 70-year-old uncle after the pair met up in a park in Taipa. The DICJ said that it has subsequently met with Macau’s six concessionaires and urged them to step up their staff monitoring and security measures in the wake of the theft. Macau’s gaming regulator added that it will continue to maintain close communication with the Judiciary Police to prevent similar incidents from happening again.