Inside Asian Gaming

IAG SEP 2019年9月 亞博匯 52 COLUMNISTS their cases with specific attractive attributes to the Japanese authorities. There have been many IR seminars in Japan and I have spoken and provided training at some. The various issues discussed and of concern are not uncommon for jurisdictions considering casino tourism introduction or expansion, from responsible gaming to ensuring the development is a catalyst to maximize tourism and economic development. A constant though has been the speculation on possible time-frames from awarding the city the right to host an IR, to the choice of IR operator – and eventual opening thereafter. Naturally there will be other construction, operational, staffing and local legislative variables that will determine exact opening dates. Each Japanese city will also be able to choose from several casino suitors. However (and naturally) there has so far been In early 2000, I was already in Macau doing market research and advising on casino development issues, and I well remember the 21 bidders (some didn’t qualify) for the SAR’s three original gaming concessions (later increased to six via sub-concessions), and the various lobbying efforts as each gaming company presented their pitches, IR architecture models and artists’ impressions to the Macau Government. I recently referred to these documents during my presentation at G2E Asia this year on the re-tendering of Macau’s casino licenses, as well as the temporary committee set up by the Macau Government to set the bid criteria, scoring mechanism and to advise on the license winners. As the various Japanese cities start to roll out their Requests for Information (RFIs) with specific details and criteria, the casino operators will be in better positions to strongly present and tailor A total of 21 companies submitted bids for the three licenses originally offered for Macau casinos in the early 2000s. 本世紀初期，共有21家公司提交了最初為澳門賭場提供的三個牌照的投標。