Inside Asian Gaming

INSIDE ASIAN GAMING | June 2009 46 S lot machine revenue as a percentage of the gross on all games of fortune in Macau has been rising slowly but steadily despite the disproportionately explosive growth in the VIP baccarat table market in 2007 and early 2008. In 2006, slots’ share of the Macau casino gaming take was 3.6% according to statistics fromMacau’s regulator the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (known as the DICJ). In 2007 slot handle rose to 4.3% of GGR and in 2008 it passed the 5% mark, coming in at 5.2% with 5.65 billion patacas (US$710 million). After careful study of the market and its slot revenue trends, RGB Ltd, the Malaysia- based gaming equipment supplier, decided 2009 was the right time to enter Macau. “The timing for us to go into Macau now Olá Macau RGBGames has made its much-anticipated debut in the Macau slot market Rafael Butch Francisco, President and COO of PAGCOR, and Steven Lim, Group Executive Director of RGB