Inside Asian Gaming

IAG DEC 2019年12月 亞博匯 50 FEATURES B ased in Malaysia but with expanding interests all across Asia, gaming machine distributor RGB International Bhd has enjoyed a front row seat to the explosive growth of the Philippines market over the past five years. Having first set foot in Manila in the ‘90s, RGB now rates the Philippines as its most consistent annual income contributor with machine sales of around 900 per year and another 3,000 units under lease across more than 30 properties nation-wide. In total, the company serves over 50 properties spanning everything fromManila’s resorts to PAGCOR- run clubs and casinos and the emerging giants of Clark, with staff on the ground exceeding 150. “The Philippines is one of the most dynamic countries in Asia, backed by the strong growth in the economy, especially the gaming industry, and with a huge population of more than 100 million,” explains RGB’s Chief Operating Officer, Datuk Steven Lim. “The Philippines’ gaming industry has also emerged as a key casino destination in Asia and has been one of our biggest income contributors for more than five years now.” Lim points to Clark as the most notable example of the Philippines’ gaming growth in that time, with annual GGR in the region rising by between 15% to 20% per year over the past three years. RGB has enjoyed much of the benefit of that, having supplied every slot machine to the gaming floors of many of the Clark Freeport Zone's most prominent casinos. The majority of those machines are provided by RGB’s two main partners – Scientific Games and Aristocrat – although the company also distributes products from Everi, SuzoHapp, Cartamundi, DR Gaming Technology, American Gaming Systems and KL Saberi. “With all the products above including the new brands we brought in this year, we believe they will 博 彩機器分銷商RGB International Bhd以馬 來西亞為基地，業務遍及全亞洲。該公司也近 距離目睹了菲律賓市場在過去5年的爆炸性 成長。 RGB在九十年代首次踏足馬尼拉。現時，菲律 賓已經成為該公司最穩定的年收入來源，當中每年的機器銷售量 約為900部，另外還有3,000部以租賃方式被分配到遍佈菲律賓全 國的30多個設施內。 從馬尼拉的的綜合度假村到PAGCOR經營的俱樂部和娛樂 場，還有位於克拉克的那些新興巨擘，該公司現正為50個以上的 物業提供服務，而其在菲律賓的員工就超過150人。 RGB的董事經理拿督斯里蔡金城解釋道：「菲律賓是亞洲最 有活力的國家之一，得到了經濟強勁發展的支持，尤其是在博彩 業，而且亦擁有超過一億人的龐大人口。」 「菲律賓的博彩業也嶄露頭角，成為亞洲的一個主要的娛樂 場目的地，並且到目前為止已經超過5年成為我們其中一個最大 的收入來源。」 蔡金城指出克拉克是現時菲律賓博彩業最為矚目的例子。該 地區的年均博彩總收入在過去3年都以每年15到20%的幅度在上 升。 RGB也從中獲益不少，並且包攬了D’Heights Resort & Casino、Royce Hotel & Casino和Widus Hotel & Casino等娛樂 場的角子機供應。 這些機器大部分都是由RGB的兩間主要夥伴科學遊戲及盛