The purpose of this course is to familiarize students with various sets of legal rules that apply to the gaming industry in the Macao SAR, focusing especially on casino games of chance. The field is somewhat complex given that the legal regulation of gaming in Macao arises from various legal disciplines. Consequently, the course has an interdisciplinary nature and covers issues of constitutional law, administrative law, tax law, company law, contract law and criminal law.

1. To understand gaming law as a dynamic field, by providing knowledge of how we got to where we are now, by studying the history, the recent evolution, the current trends and the future prospects and pending issues. 2. To understand the basics of gaming law in general, by knowing its main sources, policies and regulatory goals. As gaming law has an interdisciplinary nature, it is necessary to study it from three main perspectives — contract law, administrative law and criminal law — and how these different angles work together to provide one unified regulatory framework. 3. To understand the content of gaming law in particular technical details and specialized topics, such as: concessions, credit for gaming, access to the venues, and the regulation of gaming machines and gaming promoters. 4. Finally, in terms of legal reasoning, the course tries to provide an understanding the problems and arguments from different perspectives, with critical thinking and analytic skills: player perspective; industry perspective; regulatory or Government perspective; regional and international issues and connections.