1o: |an I|n L|m|tada A]c: Mr. Wayne L|o Mr. oav Schne|der
Aprll 14, 2014 !" $%&'(
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I. Lxecut|ve Summary:
1. We are lawyers quallfled Lo advlse and pracLlce ln Lhe Macau Speclal AdmlnlsLraLlve 8eglon (Macau") and were requesLed by Clan !ln LlmlLada (C!") Lo advlse regardlng Lhe compllance wlLh Macau gamlng and non-gamlng regulaLlons of Lhe commerclal operaLlon ln Macau of a game known as SpoL Lhe 8all". 1hls legal oplnlon ls addressed Lo, and ls solely for Lhe beneflL of, C! and lLs dlrecLors.
2. C! ls hereby auLhorlzed Lo exhlblL Lhls legal oplnlon Lo Lhlrd parLles ln Lhe conLexL of Lhe negoLlaLlon and execuLlon of any commerclal agreemenLs ln respecL of, or relaLed Lo, Lhe operaLlons of Lhe SpoL Lhe 8all" ln Macau. 1he Lhlrd parLles Lo whom Lhls legal oplnlon ls exhlblLed are noL Lhe addressees of Lhls legal oplnlon and may noL make use of Lhls legal oplnlon wlLhouL prlor auLhorlzaLlon.
1he followlng ls Lhe facLual background on whlch Lhls oplnlon ls based:
3. SpoL Lhe 8all" ls a game - whlch became popular ln Lhe unlLed klngdom as a newspaper game ln Lhe 1970s and 1980s - where Lhe player has Lo guess Lhe poslLlon of a ball whlch has been removed from a phoLograph of a ball sporL, especlally fooLball. 1he poslLlon of Lhe ball musL be deduced from Lhe relaLlve poslLlons of Lhe sporLsmen shown ln Lhe phoLograph, Lhe dlrecLlons ln whlch Lhey are looklng and oLher Lechnlcal elemenLs of Lhe sporL belng played.
4. C! lnLends Lo commerclally operaLe a modern verslon of SpoL Lhe 8all ln Macau by whlch compeLlLlons may be enLered aL cerLaln physlcal slLes Lhrough Lhe purchase of compeLlLlon enLrles from a member of sLaff aL a sLand operaLed by C!,
3. uslng all Lhe lnformaLlon shown ln a sporLlng phoLograph dlsplayed ln a compuLer screen locaLed aL Lhe sLand (from whlch Lhe orlglnal ball has been permanenLly erased), Lhe compeLlLors wlll use Lhelr sklll and [udgmenL Lo correcLly ldenLlfy Lhe grld square wlLhln whlch Lhey conslder ls Lhe mosL llkely poslLlon of Lhe cenLer of Lhe ball. 1he compuLer wlll reglsLer Lhe selecLed spoL and, upon provldlng Lhe operaLor on Lhe sLand wlLh conLacL deLalls, Lhe compeLlLor wlll be glven a recelpL wlLh personal deLalls and compeLlLlon enLrles. CompeLlLlon for Lhe same phoLograph wlll Lake place aL dlfferenL locaLlons (lncludlng locaLlons ouLslde of Macau) and wlll close slmulLaneously on a speclflc daLe,
6. 8efore Lhe compeLlLlon sLarLs, Lhe poslLlon of Lhe ball wlll be deLermlned and lmmedlaLely encrypLed and sLored securely on a daLabase. 1he wlnner wlll be Lhe person - amongsL Lhe compeLlLors who have played ln all locaLlons where Lhe compeLlLlon ls belng held - who correcLly ldenLlfles, or lf no one ls correcL, who ls closesL Lo, Lhe grld square wlLhln whlch Lhe cenLer of Lhe ball ls locaLed or deemed Lo be locaLed by a panel of experL [udges, 1he wlnner of a compeLlLlon wlll be awarded a prlze ln specles (normally a car or a luxury waLch) whlch wlll be dellvered aL lLs address (Lhe SpoL Lhe 8all Macau CompeLlLlon").
1he followlng are assumpLlons on whlch Lhls Legal Cplnlon ls based:
a) 1he Lerms and condlLlons of Lhe SpoL Lhe 8all Macau CompeLlLlon wlll be slmllar ln subsLance Lo Lhe Lerms and condlLlons avallable, on Lhe daLe of Lhls legal oplnlon, aL Lhls llnk: 899:;<<===>?@9?>A@%<*$B%C>&C:D - wlLh Lhe followlng maLerlal dlfferences:
(l) Lhe SpoL Lhe 8all Macau CompeLlLlon wlll noL be enLered onllne from Lhe physlcal slLes made avallable by C! ln Macau, raLher lL wlll be played Lhrough a smarLphone/LableL appllcaLlon made avallable on Lhe spoL, neverLheless, by enLerlng Lhe SpoL Lhe 8all Macau CompeLlLlon Lhe players wlll be [olnlng a compeLlLlon held onllne and open Lo players based ln locaLlons oLher Lhan Macau whlch are sub[ecL Lo Lhe same Lerms and condlLlons,
(ll) Lhe locaLlon of Lhe ball agalnsL whlch Lhe compeLlLors enLrles wlll be compuLed wlll be made elLher by uslng Lhe maLhemaLlcally calculaLed real coordlnaLes of Lhe cenLer of Lhe ball (Lhe 8eal LocaLlon MeLhod") or Lhe locaLlon of Lhe cenLer of Lhe ball as esLlmaLed Lo be by a panel of experL [udges (Lhe anel of !udges MeLhod").
b) AlLhough played ln a compuLer screen, Lhe devlces avallable aL Lhe SpoL Lhe 8all Macau CompeLlLlon premlses wlll noL be connecLed Lo Lhe lnLerneL or Lo any oLher means of LelecommunlcaLlon, raLher wlll be, aL all Llmes, offllne,
c) All daLa collecLed from players wlll be sLored ln Macau only.
7. 1hls legal oplnlon wlll address Lhe followlng Loplcs:
A) CuallflcaLlon of Lhe SpoL Lhe 8all Macau CompeLlLlon under Lhe appllcable Macau gamlng laws and regulaLlons,
8) CuallflcaLlon of Lhe SpoL Lhe 8all Macau CompeLlLlon under oLher appllcable laws and regulaLlons and llcenslng requlremenLs,
8. 1hls legal oplnlon ls a summary oplnlon only. 1hls legal oplnlon ls almed aL reporLlng concluslons and lL wlll nelLher llsL Lhe facLual and legal argumenLs supporLlng sald concluslons and lL wlll noL make any rlsk assessmenL or pracLlcal advlce golng forward.
1. lL ls our oplnlon LhaL Lhe SpoL Lhe 8all Macau CompeLlLlon ln Lhe 8eal LocaLlon MeLhod ls a game excluslvely of sklll and ln Lhe anel of !udges MeLhod ls a game predomlnanLly of sklll. ln elLher meLhod, lL ls our oplnlon LhaL Lhe SpoL Lhe 8all Macau CompeLlLlon lnvolves boLh an elemenL of sklll ln playlng and a degree of cerLalnLy ln lLs ouLcome LhaL wlll noL quallfy lL as a game of chance under Macau law.
2. lor LhaL reason, lL ls also our oplnlon LhaL Lhe SpoL Lhe 8all Macau CompeLlLlon does noL quallfy as an LlecLronlc Camlng Machlne, an lnLeracLlve Came or a LoLLery, all as deflned ln Lhe respecLlve regulaLlons governlng sald acLlvlLles.
3. lurLhermore, lL ls our oplnlon LhaL because Lhe SpoL Lhe 8all Macau CompeLlLlon does noL creaLe a causal relaLlon beLween Lhe ouLcome (or oLher elemenLs) of a sporLs compeLlLlon Laklng place ln a fuLure momenL and recelvlng a prlze, lL does noL quallfy as parl-muLuel beLLlng under Macau law.
4. 1aklng lnLo conslderaLlon Lhe above, lL ls our oplnlon LhaL Lhe developmenL and commerclal operaLlon of Lhe SpoL Lhe 8all Macau CompeLlLlon does noL requlre Lhe prlor holdlng of a gamlng and wagerlng concesslon or any oLher governmenL approval under Lhe Macau Camlng Crdlnance.
3. AparL from Lhe gamlng and wagerlng operaLlons as deflned ln Lhe Macau Camlng Crdlnance and oLher gamlng laws and regulaLlons, Lhe pursue of economlc acLlvlLles and operaLlon of
buslnesses ln Macau ls free and noL sub[ecL Lo any llcenslng or auLhorlzaLlon proceedlngs excepL when expressly foreseen by law.
6. 1he llcenslng of cerLaln resLrlcLed economlc acLlvlLles ls seL ouL ln Lhe laws and regulaLlons governlng a speclflc lndusLry and lL ls generally foreseen ln Lhe AdmlnlsLraLlve Llcenslng AcL (uecree-law 47/98/M).
7. 1he AdmlnlsLraLlve Llcenslng AcL llsLs Lwo acLlvlLles sub[ecL Lo cerLaln llcenslng proceedlngs, of whlch cerLaln elemenLs are slmllar or overlapplng wlLh elemenLs of acLlvlLles LhaL are sub[ecL Lo llcenslng/pre-noLlce requlremenLs under Lhe AdmlnlsLraLlve Llcenslng AcL. 1hese are: (l) arcade and vldeo game cenLers, and (ll) raffles, draws and oLher slmllar acLlvlLles.
8. neverLheless, sald acLlvlLles are maLerlally dlfferenL from Lhe SpoL Lhe 8all Macau CompeLlLlon ln such a way LhaL lL ls dlfflculL Lo conclude LhaL Lhe llcenslng requlremenLs and proceedlngs of sald acLlvlLles are appllcable Lo Lhe SpoL Lhe 8all Macau CompeLlLlon.
9. lL ls Lherefore our oplnlon LhaL Lhere ls no speclflc llcenslng resLrlcLlon applylng Lo Lhe concepL of Lhe SpoL Lhe 8all Macau CompeLlLlon.
III. ua||f|cat|ons and L|m|tat|ons
lease noLe Lhe followlng llmlLaLlons on our legal oplnlon:
We have llmlLed our legal oplnlon only Lo Lhose maLLers conLalned ln paragraph 7 of Lhe LxecuLlve Summary, and We express no oplnlon as Lo any laws and regulaLlons oLher Lhan Lhe Camlng Crdlnance Lhe AdmlnlsLraLlve Llcenslng AcL whlch are ln effecL as aL Lhe daLe of Lhls Legal Cplnlon,
lease noLe Lhe followlng quallflcaLlons on our legal oplnlon:
We have noL verlfled Lhe assumpLlons llsLed on paragraph 6 of Lhe legal oplnlon, buL, from our revlew we are noL aware of any maLLer whlch, on lLs face, would cause our assumpLlons Lo be lncorrecL, CerLaln maLLers are ouLslde Lhe scope of our legal oplnlon and we do noL express an oplnlon on Lhese maLLers ln Lhls legal oplnlon. 1he maLLers on whlch we express no oplnlon are wheLher: (l) weLher Lhe premlses where C! lnLends Lo operaLe Lhe SpoL Lhe 8all Macau CompeLlLlon need Lo fulfll cerLaln requlremenLs or obLaln cerLaln approvals, (ll) Lhere are legal or regulaLory llmlLaLlons Lo Lhe proposed Lerms and condlLlons of Lhe SpoL Lhe 8all Macau CompeLlLlon and of lLs webslLe. CourL and governmenL auLhorlLles' declslons ln Macau are noL sub[ecL Lo Lhe rule of precedenL and Lhere may be dlssenLlng or falrly dlscreLlonary lnLerpreLaLlons of Lhe appllcable sLaLuLes. 1herefore, Lhls legal oplnlon shall noL be read as assurance of Lhe poslLlon LhaL a CourL or Lhe relevanL regulaLor ad[udlcaLlng on Lhese maLLers would Lake.