With a gaming history stretch back for more than 3 centuries, Macao was renowned as "Monte Carlo of the Orient" and "Las Vegas of the East". Gaming is now the pillar industry of Macao. In 2006, the gaming tax generated is estimated to be more than 70 per cent of the Macao Special Administrative Region`s total fiscal revenue. Recently, Macao`s gross gaming revenue has even exceeded the Las Vegas Strip occasionally, which makes it becomes the largest gaming city in the world. The success of the gaming business in Macao is primarily due to the policy support by the government, the robust investment by the entrepreneurs and the preference in gaming by the Asians. This article will provide an overview on the development of the Macao gaming industry in chronological order.

The Virgin Islands Internet Gaming and Internet Gambling Act of 2001 provides for the issuance of internet gambling licenses. There is an initial license fee of USD $25,000 for the first two years and an annual renewal fee of USD $10,000 thereafter. Licenses are permitted to offer sublicenses or to franchise multiple sites. There is also a one-time application fee of USD $10,000, and a surety bond of at least USD $100,000 must accompany the application. The tax rate for online gaming is 2.5% of gross revenue. The US Department of Justice has issued a warning to the Virgin Islands government that indicates hosting internet gambling sites violates US federal laws. The Virgin Islands law permitting online gaming does so only under the condition that it can be conducted within applicable laws, which the Casino Control Commission understands to mean both local laws and US federal law. There are no online gaming sites presently licensed in the jurisdiction.

The Dominican Republic licenses online sportsbooks. However, no new license has been granted to a sportsbook operating primarily from outside the Dominican Republic since 1996.

An outline of the conditions and circumstances associated with the granting of a Norfolk Island internet gaming licence is presented in a "Brief to Applicants" document that can be sourced by clicking the box below. Referral to this document will provide the sort of detail that an applicant for an Interactive gaming licence (casino type games) and/or a Bookmakers gaming licence (racing, sports and event betting), would want to know. General but relevant information about living conditions on the Island and the services available to support gaming enterprises is found in the "Q&A document"