Casino operators in Macau have more than three years to fully comply with revised Electronic Gaming Machine (EGM) Technical Standards, according to the city’s Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau, known by the acronym DICJ.
The standards officially took effect September 1, 2021, with an original deadline of December 2024 for operators to upgrade existing slot machines. That timeline has been extended until midnight, December 31, 2026, according to GGRAsia.
The changeover will be phased in; by the end of this year, 25 percent of gaming machines must comply with the new standards. But that, too, is down from a previous requirement of 40 percent. Half of all machines must be retrofitted by the end of 2024, and 75 percent by December 2025.
Among the new equipment requirements, EGM player screens must be fitted with an intermittently flashing clock showing the local time, and player screens or other interface points must not have any hidden touch points or hidden buttons that affect game play.
