Macau Casino Heir Mario Ho Denies Incest Reports, Affair With Half-Sister
Posted on: August 1, 2025, 09:16h.
Last updated on: August 1, 2025, 09:33h.
- Mario Ho is dismissing gossip that he’s had extramarital affairs
- Ho is the third-youngest child of the late Stanley Ho
- Ho is married to supermodel Ming Xi
Billionaire Mario Ho is denying gossip that he fathered a child with a woman not his wife and had another affair with his half-sister.
The 30-year-old Ho is one of the late Stanley Ho’s 17 children. Stanley Ho, who died in May 2020 at the age of 98, is considered the “King of Gambling” for controlling a monopoly on slot machines and table games in Macau for decades until Portugal handed the city over to China in 1999.
The Ho dynasty is among Asia’s wealthiest families. Mario, Stanley’s third-youngest offspring, came via his father’s fourth marriage to Angela Leong.
Ho is somewhat following in his father’s footsteps, as he’s used some of his inheritance for ventures into esports and the gaming and hospitality business. He’s the founder and owner of NIP Group, an esports firm seeking to mainstream the competitive video gaming sector, and the controlling stakeholder of Beijing Huanju Commercial Management, a company focused on immersive entertainment and themed venues at casino resort properties.
Among the more high-profile Ho members, with his marriage to supermodel Ming Xi regularly putting the power couple in the media spotlight, Mario recently became the subject of tabloid speculation about his rumored extramarital escapades.
Ho Downplays Rumors
Social media in China was buzzing in recent days after scandalous claims regarding Ho went viral.
Messages quickly spread that Ho, in addition to his two children with Xi, fathered a secret child out of wedlock with an unidentified woman. The gossip also included claims that Ho slept with his half-sister, Laurinda Ho, who is his elder through Stanley’s third marriage to Ina Chan. Ho was also accused of sleeping with both members of BY2, a popular Mandopop duo consisting of twin sisters Miko and Yumi Bai.
They said I had a child with another woman — I already clarified back in 2019. There’s no child! Then they said I was dating both members of BY2. I was just speechless,” Ho wrote in a Weibo post.
“And now, a rumor involving my own sister. My god, some people’s imagination is off the charts,” Ho continued, calling the gossip “wildly imaginative.”
Ho said that while he usually refrains from commenting on such gossip, the recent falsehoods have not only impacted him but “the people around me.”
“My family’s name is being dragged through the mud. Let me say this clearly: every single rumor is false,” Ho declared.
Ho Family Fortune
When Stanley Ho died, his family fortune was estimated at north of $13 billion. Several of his older children remain heavily invested in the Macau casino industry.
Lawrence Ho is the founder, chair, and CEO of Melco Resorts, one of the six licensed casino firms in the Chinese enclave. Daisy Ho remains in control of the Ho family empire — SJM Holdings and Shun Tak Holdings.
Pansy Ho is a major shareholder in MGM China, a subsidiary of MGM Resorts International.
During much of his life, Stanley Ho participated in a form of polygamy, which remained legal in Hong Kong until 1971.
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