澳門賭場產業正面臨日趨激烈的國際競爭，如何保持競爭優勢，是社會各界十分關注的問題。現有文獻表明，澳門賭場產業的競爭優勢，體現在區位、產業集群、規模、綜合度假村與機制創新方面。影響澳門博彩業可持續發展的因素包括非本地中介人減少、不規範資金消失、客源市場內地化、法律缺陷以及博彩業帶來的各類社會問題。

Macau’s Gaming industry is facing ever fierce international competition. How should Macau maintain sustainable development and how should it acquire and maintain long term competitiveness? These are the concerns of the Macau government and society. It is found in a literature review of the studies on Macau’s gaming industry that the most important sources of competitiveness are location, industrial clustering, scale, integrated resorts and continuous innovation. CRM is not a source of competitiveness, nor the first mover advantage. The factors that may hinder the sustainable development of the industry include the decreasing number of non-Macau junkets, disappearance of irregular funds, over reliance on Mainland visitors, legal defects and social problems related to the gaming industry.