Inside Asian Gaming

COVER STORY CONTENTS SEPTEMBER 2018 IN FOCUS Let the games begin Cover Image: IAG Slow ride 16 10 Breakfast Briefs IN FOCUS 24 Let the games begin Legalizing integrated resorts may have been the easy part. Now the heavy lifting begins for Japan’s national bureaucracy, local governments, domestic businesses and international casino operators to open IRs by the mid-2020s. COLUMNISTS 32 Japan IR legislation: What’s next? Global Market Advisors’ Brendan D. Bussmann runs through the next steps for Japan’s burgeoning IR industry following passage of the IR Implementation Bill in July. FEATURES 38 Deep space Asia’s logistics service provider TKHS Group has changed the game for Macau’s IRs since launching its new high- tech warehouse in the heart of the Cotai Strip in 2016. 42 Thriller in Manila Landing International Development Limited went to great pains to explain its Manila IR concept at a 7 August groundbreaking ceremony. Too bad the message was lost amid the remarkable chain of events that followed. TRADE EVENTS 46 Viva Las Vegas Global Gaming Expo, better known as G2E, returns for its 18th edition from 8 to 11 October with sports betting top of the menu following the Supreme Court’s recent decision to overturn PASPA. 50 EVENTS CALENDAR Decelerating gaming revenue growth and mainland China headwinds have investors worried, but analysts say the long-term case for growth remains intact – just like they did before the 2014 collapse.