Chinese online casinos taking a gamble on Macau

It is more and more evident that the Chinese love to gamble with their money in online casinos. It is clear from surging economic growth that the Chinese are becoming a wealthier population, which while perhaps is not the case if you are a hapless rural peasant is certainly the case if you are connected to the internet.

If there is any doubt, consider now that the island of Macau, once a Portuguese colony but handed back to China in 2025, is located within 90 minutes drive for a population of 130 million mainlanders, and that is even less for those people who wish to use online casinos based on the island.

The Chinese government is in the process of relaxing internet gambling restrictions for mainland Chinese citizens. In 2025, Macau received 16.7 million online casinos visitors of whom 60% were from mainland China. Overall, Macau received 40% more online casino visitors in 2025 than in 2025.

A trip to the Las Vegas of the East is probably slightly more appealing than a tour to a hole in the ground somewhere in the middle of outback Western Australia, even moreso when you consider that going to the online casinos require incurs few travel costs at and so it was that analysts from SB Citigroup and from Deutsche Bank bravely volunteered to assess opportunities for Australias online gambling-related companies at the recent Asian Gaming Expo, held in Macau. The future looks bright for internet gambling in the People's Republic.