Melco Resorts and Entertainment has been given approval to expand its operations in Macau. The city’s Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (known by its Portuguese acronym DICJ) has acknowledged in an email to GGRAsia that the gaming operator will be allowed “40 new-to-market mass-gaming live-dealer tables.” The new tables are reportedly already in the process of being fitted.

According to the DICJ response, Melco had “applied for new gaming tables with us and we already granted 40 new-to-market mass gaming tables to [the firm] on January 1.”

MGM China Holdings was also given approval for more tables. The DICJ acknowledged that it was authorized 25 new tables for its MGM Cotai project, but didn’t specify if the tables were for the VIP or the mass-market segment.

The addition of the tables falls in line with a previous agreement for MGM Cotai. Just prior to the resort’s opening last February, the Secretary for Economy and Finance in Macau, Lionel Leong Vai Tac, stated that the resort would receive 125 new-to-market gambling tables, 100 of which would be available for the resort’s launch. He added that the other 25 would be authorized this month.