Macau and Taiwan cooperate on casino training projects

29.07.2009, College courses included both theory and practical elements such as different card games

As Taiwan gears up to allow casino gambling on the Penghu islands, institutions from Macau were entering the training market in the country, reports said yesterday. The Taipei College of Maritime Technology announced yesterday that its venture with the Global Gambling Research Center from the former Portuguese territory to train new croupiers had resulted in full registrations for the classes.

At the opening of the college's gambling education center yesterday, Vice President Chiu Shao-yi said most of the tour guides who graduated from his school had no knowledge of gambling operations and therefore needed to take the new classes.

However, he added that the school didn't want to promote gambling as such, and had thus restricted the number of students who could take the classes.

A representative from the GGRC said his organization would cooperate with other Taiwanese schools as well, though the viability of the sector would eventually depend on how many licenses the government issued for official croupiers.

The college said 25 students had paid the full fee of nearly NT$100,000 for the study program because they were confident it would be easy to find a casino job as croupier with a starting salary of NT$50,000 a month.

The courses included both theory and practical elements such as different card games, the college said.

After years of controversy, Taiwan approved casino gambling last year, but only to help stimulate the economy of its outlying islands. Penghu will host the first-ever legal casino in Taiwan if its residents approve the move in a referendum expected later this year.

Über Glücksspiele in Macau - Gambling in Macao:

Macau (englisch Macao) liegt rund 50 Kilometer westlich von Hongkong und ist das Glücksspiel-Paradies in Asien.

Macau hat rund 40 Spielcasinos. Die grössten Casinos sind The Venetian Macao, MGM Macao, Wynn Macao, Galaxy StarWorld, City of Dreams, Sands Macao, Casino Lisboa.

Neben den riesigen und farbenfrohen Casinobuildings ist eines der Wahrzeichen der Macau Tower (Fernsehturm mit 338 Meter) mit atemberaubenden Ausblicken auf die Stadt.

Macau erstreckt sich über eine Fläche von 115.3 km2 und hat rund 620'000 Einwohner.

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