Approval Has Not Yet Come Down 

There are many steps that go into bringing a casino to town and when you are dealing with international locations, you are really going to have to make sure that you follow all of the rules and restrictions that the country requires before you can move forward with bringing in your slot machines. However, it appears that the Wynn Macau’s land concession in Cotai has not yet been approved even though the company released a report that said that it was. According to the company they said that there were steps that were being taken and that Wynn had fallen in the time period that would allow for them to be approved, but some felt that they were “jumping the gun” and saying that they were approved even though they were not.  

However, the Secretary for Economy and Finance, Francis Tam Pak Yuen said that the casino company was speaking out of turn. Their position on the casino is that it has not been approved yet and that the slot machine company should not be making statements that appear that it has been. Yuen said that “companies may release their news, and the news should correspond to reality,” letting everyone know that they have not approved the slot machines to come in. 

Yuen went on to say that it would not affect their process no matter what information the casino was releasing, and some felt that this was their way of letting them know that they would not be bullied into approving the land.