Inside Asian Gaming

IAG FEB 2020年2月 亞博匯 50 JAPAN will be incumbent upon them to finalize the regulatory structure and IR selection process. In that effort, they will have to glean from other similar jurisdictions like Nevada and Singapore but make sure that their reach isn’t overly burdensome or reduces investment and market potential. There are ways to keep bad actors out of the marketplace and the most recent incidents help further that effort along. “For IRs, it is still about education as there has never been a large or solid push to the general public on the positives that this can bring in tens of billions of dollars in investment, job creation and economic development. Those operators that partner with the government in showing not only the positives but also starting to turn public opinion into a positive will likely have a leg up over those that just simply rely on their merits.” An official of a local municipality aiming for a bid said, “At this point it hasn’t affected us. We will continue the procedure as we have been, steady and under strict regulation.” Global Market Advisors 合夥人及政府事務總監Brendan D. Bussmann表示，「不幸的是，一家基本上沒有機會獲得IR牌照的 企業，令整個行業添上陰霾。這個行業有優秀傑出的營運商，希望 日本可構建如新加坡及內華達州一樣穩健的監管環境。」 「值得留意的是，這次鐘擺要擺動到多遠才可抵消這少數人 的行為，不致令行業受到過度監管，以及令優秀的營運商無法在 日本、其人民及旅遊業投資數百億美元。」 「現在博彩管理委員會已成立，該會負責確定最終的監管條 例和IR競投程序，不得不致力從內華達州和新加坡等市場參考及 蒐集相關經驗，但同時確保不會對行業產生太大影響，或不會減 少日本市場的投資及潛力。有不同辦法可令壞份子遠離市場，而 最近發生的事件將鞏固相關方面的工作。」 「就IR而言，教育仍是重要的工作，因為目前還未有大型穩 健的推廣，令普羅大眾知悉IR的好處，可帶來數百億美元的投資， 創造就業機會，以及推動經濟發展。那些與政府合作展現行業好 處、將公眾輿論導向正面積極的營運商，將比只顧著展現自己優 點的營運商更具優勢。」 一位有意參與IR競投的日本市政府官員表示，「直到目前為 止，這樁醜聞對我們沒有影響。在平穩及嚴謹的監管下，我們將繼 續相關程序。」