The Judiciary Police (PJ) busted on Tuesday an illegal mahjong parlour in Areia Preta district, PJ spokesman Leng Kam Lon said at a regular press conference yesterday.
According to Leng, the police recently received a tip-off regarding the establishment, located on the mezzanine level of a building. Upon arrival at the scene on Tuesday, police encountered three locked doors leading to the parlour. Inside, they discovered four local women playing mahjong, with one mainland woman waiting her turn, alongside the proprietor of the establishment, a local woman surnamed Cheang.
Under questioning, the 60-year-old Cheang told the police that she rented the mezzanine floor in mid-2024 to operate the mahjong parlour with a monthly rent of 9,000 patacas, charging 100 patacas per hour for each mahjong table. With this setup, she claimed to earn 18,000 patacas monthly from her parlour.
Cheang has been transferred to the Public Prosecutions Office (MP), facing a charge of running an illegal gambling business.
According to Macau’s gaming legislation, commercial mahjong businesses can only be run by the city’s six gaming concessionaires.
Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Leng Kam Lon looks on during yesterday’s regular press conference. – Photo: William Chan
