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Raising US$1 billion

Macau firm seeks to build “world’s first blockchain-based casino”

De Club International Company Limited of Macau, a company headed by former Jimei International CEO Kennis Wong, is part of a project to raise US$1 billion through an initial coin offering (ICO), to fund a blockchain-powered casino gaming club. The prototype of “tokenized online casino” is expected to roll out in early 2019, the company informed.

According to De Club’s plan, a Malta-based company called Wide Rich Global Company Limited will issue 20 billion ‘DEC’ tokens, which will fund the acquisition of De Club, which then will “acquire a Macau junket promoter license and several land-based casinos,” not limited to those in Macau. 35.5% of the funds raised will be for such casino acquisitions and licensing.

The company explained that DEC will be a cash-backed token and be convertible to various fiat currencies. “DEC and its associated stablecoins will fuel the first ever online casino that has seamless integration to land-based casinos. The prototype of tokenized online casino is expected to roll out in early 2019,” the whitepaper read. The pre-sale for the tokens begins November 15.

The DEC App is planned to allow for token holders to host their own games online. “We will design a dedicated mechanism so that DEC holders can crowdfund through smart contracts and earn money from these regulated and licensed table games as hosts,” the whitepaper read.

Before end-2020, De Club hopes to acquire an offshore bank “so that we can have an even more streamlined fiat currencies payment network within the DEC ecosystem.”

Source: GMB / Calvin Ayre