Macau Customs officials have sent a report to the Public Prosecutions Office after American company Shuffle Master Inc allegedly failed to obey orders to cover up their products at this year’s G2E Asia. On day one of the three-day expo, Shuffle Master was initially forced to cover its products when Macau customs officials went to the American company’s exhibition space. But later that same day Shuffle Master allegedly obtained a court order showing it was permitted to showcase the products in question. Portuguese-language newspaper Ponto Final quotes a customs official as saying that “Shuffle Master went against a court order,” and as such a report was sent to the Public Prosecutions Office. It all started last week with LT Game claiming it has a Macau patent for this particular multi-game electronic casino product. It says this means other companies cannot showcase similar multi-game products at the show even with a ‘Not for sale in Macau’ sign on them. Shuffle Master, however, disputes LT Game’s patent and says it has already won several court cases in Macau to that effect.
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