10.1177/0047287505278997NOVEMBER 2005JOURNAL OF TRAVEL RESEARCH Mapping Reside of Gaming

This article explores Macao residents ’ perceptions of the impact of gaming development at a significant time in Macao’s long experience with gaming, just after the end in 2002 of the 70-year-old monopoly system for the gaming sec-tor and the introduction of new casino operators into the market. Principal components analysis, cluster analysis, and analyses of variance were used to understand the dimension-ality of perceptions of gaming impact and differences among subgroups of gender, age, income, educational background, and marital status. The results could help the authorities and gam ben ing to reinforce or alter resident perceptions about gaming. The deregulation of the 150-year-old gaming business in Macao