Macau police hunt VIP dealer after $6 million theft from Wynn


  • World
  • Thursday, 18 Jan 2018

FILE PHOTO: Visitors walk in front of Wynn Macau casino resort in Macau June 5, 2012. REUTERS/Bobby Yip/File Photo

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Police in the world's largest gambling hub of Macau are hunting for a dealer suspected of stealing HK$48 million ($6 million) worth of casino chips from Wynn Macau, authorities in the Chinese-controlled territory said on Thursday.

Casino thefts in the former Portuguese colony of Macau, which rakes in gambling revenue more than five times that of the Las Vegas strip, are rare, with the majority of cases typically involving employees.

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