Inside Asian Gaming

IAG MAR 2020年3月 亞博匯 31 封面故事 AWS: There are a lot of properties on Jeju. EKR: At some point there won’t be anymore, and if the Chinese really come back in the millions like they used to in Jeju, there’s some potential. But at the moment, it’s something we just have to accept. We’ve renovated the property and it looks very nice now. We’ve renovated hotel rooms, the entire hotel, casino, everything looks good. So we’ll see if we can just grow that. AWS: A property in Japan, the property in Korea. Any further expansion internationally on the horizon? EKR: Depends where gaming is legalized. In many countries it’s not legal, but if some other Asian countries legalized gaming, that would be very interesting. AWS: You do have ports all around the world, some of them in interesting and quite exotic locations. EKR: Yes, but it’s easier to expand in the ports. And ports are legal everywhere, in every country in the world. Gambling is not. AWS: But it gives you a background in international expansion. EKR: Yes, we’re very comfortable with that. Anywhere in the world except maybe the more developed countries. AWS: Why do you say that? EKR: Well, those are very difficult labor environments, very heavy in regulation. Some of them are not really markets for the gaming space. It would be hard to develop a big IR in Western Europe, for example, or even Eastern Europe. So it really depends on the area. Brazil would be an excellent market. Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, places like this. AWS: In the Philippines we’ve seen a massive explosion in GGR over the past few years in a market that just keeps growing. What are your expectations for 2020? EKR: I think there will continue to be steady growth although maybe not that explosive growth. I think we’ve gone through that phase. The Philippines is 卓弈:如果Bloomberry最終拿下和歌山,那麼我們對您的IR能 作何期待呢? EKR: (投資額)約在30億至40億美元之間。日本的確吸引了很 多中國遊客,這幾乎保證了會有來自中國的遊客,但是,如果(雙 方)在某個有爭議的島嶼上發生了衝突,這有可能會在一夜之間 消失。所以還有許多因素需要研究。 卓弈:會是類似於晨麗這種風格的IR嗎,還是會與之不同? EKR: 會是日本風格的IR。 卓弈:您如何評估自己在日本的機會? EKR: 目前事態還不明朗,所以也沒法評估。 卓弈:日本是您的優先考慮嗎? EKR: 那是一個非常具有吸引力的市場,理所應當優先考慮之。 但我們仍在等待具體規則的出台。但是當然,我們對此非常感興 趣。 卓弈:暢想一下其實很有意思的,不是嗎?日本未來IR的娛樂場 區域究竟會是甚麼樣子? EKR: 是一個未知數。他們現有的賽艇、賽馬、彈珠機都有了博彩 的傾向,因此具有潛力。只是我們還不完全清楚日本人到底想玩 甚麼。 卓弈:我們來聊一下您在濟州島的物業濟州島麗陽酒店和賭場 吧。您對目前它作何感想?您覺得這是一項明智的投資嗎?您對其 未來的計劃又是甚麼? EKR: 這不是一項明智的投資,因為截至目前為止,它僅能招待外 國人。如果當地人不能進去的話,那你就永遠無法打造出真正的 物業、真正的度假村。它會一直這樣細小,就像是小眾的市場,你 可能很難從那裏成長。 卓弈:那麼您打算如何處理呢? EKR: 暫時先留著吧。 卓弈:濟州島上還有許多其他的賭場。 EKR: 某種程度上不會再有了。如果中國人還會像之前那樣數以 百萬計的回來,那就還有一定的潛力。但現在,不得不接受這個事 實。我們對建築進行了翻新,現在看起來都挺不錯。我們翻新了酒 店房間、整個酒店和賭場,一切看起來都不錯。因此,我們將看看 是否能夠在此基礎上能有所增長。 卓弈:您在日本有賭場、在韓國也有賭場。未來是否有意在其他國 家進行進一步的擴張? EKR: 這取決於哪些地方博彩是合法的。博彩在許多國家和地區 都是非法的,如果未來有其他一些亞洲國家或地區將博彩合法 化,那將會非常有意思。

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