As gambling quickly developed, Macau has become a well-known gambling city. Many types of gambling can be found in Macau. The gambling industry attracts more than 10 million tourist arrivals in a year. One of the most known local gambling items is sports betting.

Although everyone knows that, "sports" are healthy and beneficial activities to human beings, sports betting is not. As sports get into gambling, the original values of sports would change in a negative way.

In Macau, sports betting was only developed several years ago, but quickly became popular . This situation is especially harmful to teenagers. As football and basketball are the most famous sports all over the world, many teenagers are fond of these kinds of sports, so watching these sports may make many teenagers feel curious and eager to bet on game results.

Alex Leong Chi Wai, 22 years old, started sports betting two years ago. He said that he attended sports betting because of his curiosity. He wondered why so many people also attended sports betting. So he tried once and since then he liked this kind of gambling so much. During the football season, he will join every type of sports betting and spend almost MOP300 each time. He thinks that sports betting is very exciting and it makes it more interesting in watching football matches. It also makes him feel relaxed.