Casinos

The casinos at the hotels (e.g. Lisboa, Wynn, The Venetian, and Kingsway), and in entertainment centers such as Jai-Alai and the Macau Jockey Club, together with the Floating Palace, offer a huge variety of gaming and probably the widest range of casino games in the world, including baccarat, boule, craps, blackjack, roulette, "big and small", 12 numbers, fan-tan, and of course, hundreds of the most glittering array of slot machines anywhere.

The legal age for gambling in Macau is 21 for local residents.
But the legal gambling age for tourists is just 18.

• Baccarat - The minimum bet on baccarat is $100. Maximum bets on baccarat are depending on the table. Maximum payout is $60,000 for the table.

• Blackjack - There are a number of different types of Blackjack tables. Minimum bets range from $20-$100 depending on the tables. The maximum bet is $1,000 or $3,000 on any game depending on the table.

• Roulette - The roulette tables in Macau are similar to those found in casinos elsewhere in the world. The wheels in Macau carry only one zero. The minimum bet on any roulette number is $1 and $5. Bets of a minimum of $20 may also be placed on quarter divisions of the wheel, with the exception of zero, which is held by the bank on such bets. Players are provided with a chart bearing a reproduction of the wheel, showing the sequence of the numbers, the colors and the quarter divisions. The chart also lists winning numbers from the last several games at the table.

• Boule - The major difference between boule and roulette is that in boule you use a large ball on the wheel - this larger ball carries a series of indentations rather than distinct divisions as on the roulette wheel. Like in Roulette the 25 numbers on the boule table are also divided into sections to allow a variety of betting combinations. The minimum bet on boule is $20.

• Fan Tan - A very intriguing and very ancient Chinese game using porcelain buttons. In the game, the croupier plunges an inverted silver cup into a pile of buttons on the table. He then moves the cup containing a number of buttons to one side. After bets are placed the cup is lifted and the buttons counted off in groups of 4 until either one, two, three or four buttons are left at the end of the count. Bets are made before the count left at the end of the count. Cash bets are placed on the table on the numerals 1,2,3 or 4; odds or evens, corners or on divisions between numbers.

• Big and Small (Dai-Siu) - This is another Chinese game based on the throwing of 3 dice under a covered glass canister. Players can place cash bets on the table for the dice values they think will come up when the dice are thrown. They may also bet on whether the combined dice will have a "big" value or a "small" table. House rules states that if your bet is placed by another person and is put on a number other than the one you have requested, and this number loses, it is accepted that you have lost the game. If dice are cocked or obstructed in any way, the game is canceled and the dice must be thrown again. If the dice show exactly the same value (for example, all 3 or all 4) no player wins and the banker takes all except if you have bet directly on 3 of a kind. The game is not hard to learn and you will pick it up pretty quickly watching the others play.

• Slot Machines - You'll find Slot Machines in many different varieties and forms inside all of the casinos. Known in Macau as "hungry tigers" most of these machines operate on either Macau $1 or HK$1.