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Clifford Lo

Two robbers made off with HK$3 million in gaming chips from a Macau casino after using pepper spray to attack a croupier and a security guard on Friday.
The robbery took place at the Four Seasons Hotel in Taipa in the former Portuguese colony soon after 5.30am, according to Macau Judiciary Police.
A force spokesman said officers went to the hotel after a call from a casino security worker.
He said it seemed “a security guard at the exit of the casino and a croupier inside the entertainment venue were attacked with pepper spray”.

“Gaming chips estimated to have a face value of HK$3 million (US$382,000) were snatched from a gambling table,” he said.
He said two men committed the hold-up.
As of 12.30pm, according to the spokesman, officers were still on the case.
The Post has contacted the hotel for comment.
It was not the first theft of chips in the gaming hub this year.
Macau casino revenue hits three-year low amid sluggish China economy
In January last year, a debt-ridden croupier stole HK$48 million worth of chips from a gambling table in the VIP lounge of a casino at Wynn Macau. He instructed a female colleague not to make any noise before running out of the casino and fleeing on a motorcycle.
Two days later, the 49-year-old man and a male relative were arrested in connection with the robbery – one of the largest ever in the city.


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Police on the hunt for two men after attack which injured croupier and security guard


Police on the hunt for two men after attack which injured croupier and security guard.


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Croupier and security guard pepper-sprayed as Macau casino robbers net HK$3 million in chips at Four Seasons Hotel

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Police on the hunt for two men after attack which injured croupier and security guard