Welcome to the 24th issue of WGM! It’s been a huge last two months for the World Gaming Group, with a very successful G2E 2013 behind us, distributing the millionth ever copy of WGM, some new and exciting projects coming up for the magazine and our website wgm8.com, and also our consulting arm, World Gaming Consultants (WGC), moving into full swing. All this work has meant our staff have been working very hard. Thanks to Ben, Cynthia, Dave, Dicky, Ferdie, James, Gary, Gian, Leanne, Maria, Michael A, Michael R, Sophie and all the rest of the team for your tireless efforts. With your help, World Gaming has carved itself a very comfortable niche here in Macau, and we look forward to more growth in the future.
Speaking of Macau and growth, we’re always hearing how big Macau is going to be in the future. Sometimes this message is so strong, we forget to stop to smell the roses. As well as Macau being a place of the future, it’s also very much a place of the present. Macau’s gaming action is six times bigger than that of its rivals Las Vegas and Singapore. Macau is here – right now – and that’s the theme of this issue’s cover story.
I’d also like to take this opportunity to welcome one of Macau’s most distinguished lawyers, Mr Luís Mesquita de Melo of MdME Lawyers, as one of WGM’s regular contributors. You can read Luís’ first article on page 48.
Of course we also have all the usual content you have come to know and love in WGM. We have casino games including roulette, blackjack and slots. We have football, sports betting and poker. And of course we have our regular restaurant review from The Panda and our party place column from The Stallion. The WGM Model Search continues and our regular social pages “Out and About in Macau” returns, now expanded to three pages. And much more!
Don’t forget to visit wgm8.com to get your WGM fix while you’re waiting for our Sep/Oct issue to hit the streets. We now have a “What’s on this week” article published on wgm8.com every Tuesday and every single morning we publish “What’s on tonight”, so now you have no excuse for missing all the nightlife and events Macau has to offer!
And as always …
Follow the dragon
Andrew W Scott
CEO
