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IAG APR 2020年4月 亞博匯 103 行業檔案 with many fun activities on the now legendary famous street. BB: When and why did you come to Macau? DL: In 2007 I was Director of Slot Operations for the Tropicana Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas strip. I had previously worked for Mike Tomasello who was at the time Corporate VP of Slots for the Venetian. He needed a management team to open The Venetian Macao; soon to be the largest casino in the world. Who would turn down an opportunity like that, and a front seat to the biggest gaming boom the world has ever seen? Like many expats we never expected to be in Macau that long, a few years perhaps? But Macau is great, and the people are wonderful, so I have stayed almost 13 years now! BB: What was your first year in Macau like? Was it a culture shock? DL: Let’s just say it was a bit crazy back then. The town has sure been tamed certainly from an expat perspective. I like to say it was kind of like an old wild- west boom town. The bars and nightclubs were full, and the nights were long. The most surprising thing that I never expected was the local Macau people. They are very much like the people I grew up with; family orientated with quiet, conservative ways, almost a throw-back to the culture of mid-century USA. It was refreshing! What I enjoy most is taking advantage of Macau’s location and visiting all the wonderful surrounding Southeast Asian countries with their diverse people, architecture, cultures and customs. BB: How did you come to be working with Sega Sammy? DL: Finding myself looking for work about a year ago, I decided to diversify and broaden my experience in the BB：您是甚麼時候來的澳門？當時為甚麼來呢？ DL： 2007年，我在拉斯維加斯大道上Tropicana Hotel and Casino 擔任角子機運營總監。我以前曾為Mike Tomasello工作過，他當時 是威尼斯人分管角子機的副總裁。他當時需要一個管理團隊來協 助澳門威尼斯人開業，後者很快成為全球最大的賭場。誰會拒絕這 樣一個在全球最大的博彩熱潮中佔位的機會呢？像很多外派人員 一樣，我們從未想過會在澳門留這麼長時間，當時想著可能就留幾 年。但澳門很棒，那裡的人也很好，所以我已經住了將近13年了！ BB：您剛來澳門第一年時感受如何？有受到文化衝擊嗎？ DL： 我們只能說當時有點瘋狂。從一個外國人的角度來看，這個小 城市肯定已經被同化了。我喜歡說它有點像一個古老的狂野西部 小鎮。酒吧和夜總會裡人頭攢動，夜晚漫長。最讓我出乎意料的是 澳門本地人，他們非常像我從小一起長大的人。他們的家庭安靜 而保守，幾乎和上個世紀中期的美國文化一樣。真是令人耳目一 新！ 我最享受的是利用澳門的地理位置，遊覽周邊所有的東南亞 國家，感受他們各不相同不一樣的人、建築、文化和習俗。 BB：您後來又是如何加入世嘉颯美的呢？ DL： 大約一年前我在找工作，我想豐富並拓寬在這個行業的從業 經驗。在整個博彩從業生涯中，我幾乎一直都是從事角子機運營 相關的工作。我當時還想留在澳門，所以就聯繫了世嘉颯美，因為 他們是一家實力雄厚並迅速成長的角子機製造公司。當我在銀娛 擔任電子遊戲助理副總裁時我就留意了他們。 我想自己多年來豐富的角子機營運主管的經驗和觀點可以