Inside Asian Gaming

INSIDE ASIAN GAMING | January 2013 26 S ands China’s in-house-developed Fast Action Baccarat (FAB) offers a fresh, fast-paced spin on Macau’s most popular casino game. The first four FAB tables were unveiled at The Venetian Macao on 7th December and were immediately decried by several media outlets as an attempt to bypass the government-imposed cap on the number of gaming tables in the city. The commentary carried on calvinayre.com bore the title: “Macau Casinos Continue to Find Ways Around Gaming Table Cap.” The body of the article added:“ TheMacauDaily Times quoted Sands China COO David Sisk stressing the fact that his company was ‘continuously looking for ways to innovate the gaming Celebrity models Li Ying Zhi and Han Zi Xuan joined Sands China EVP and COO David Sisk and Las Vegas Sands Corp SVP and Chief Casino Officer Andrew MacDonald at the 7th December launch of Fast Action Baccarat at The Venetian Macao Built for Speed Though it has been accused by some as an attempt to skirt Macau’s table cap, Sands China’s new Fast Action Baccarat is much more. It is designed to heighten excitement on the floor, and through various time-saving innovations, allows much lower minimum bets, paving the way to court a neglected customer segment Crowd-pullers—violinist triplets Alizma perform ahead of the Fast Action Baccarat launch at The Venetian Macao In Focus