Inside Asian Gaming

4 Caught in the Net Organized crime is rigging professional football matches at the highest levels and pocketing billions from betting on the outcomes. And most of it is controlled from Asia. C O N T E N T S COVER STORY FEATURES 14 Bad Publicity Two days after a news report drew attention to Zhang Baoquan’s “cashless” casino bar in Hainan, authorities there shut it down. 18 Selling Sentosa Ensuring continued growth and differentiation are the challenges facing Resorts World Sentosa as it enters its fourth year of operation. 34 MGM China Breaks Ground on Cotai IN FOCUS 16 Technology’s Next Generation The first graduates with a specialization in gaming technology are leaving Macao Polytechnic Institute this summer to take their places among the industry innovators of tomorrow. INSIGHTS 26 Delivering on the MICE Promise Sands China’s mission is to turn Macau into a regional center for meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions. Venetian Macau LtdVPof Sales andResortMarketing Brendon Elliott explains how. TECH TALK 22 Evolutionary Shift JCM Global showed off innovations at last month’s International Casino Exhibition in London that could lay the foundation for redefining the company. 36 Table Service Technology is automating the pit, streamlining buy-ins, player tracking and comp calculations and changing the very nature of casino currency. BRIEFS 40 Regional Briefs 42 International Briefs