Inside Asian Gaming

IAG APR 2020年4月 亞博匯 61 日本 PROS • Long-standing history of operating in Asia • Deep connection with Chinese players CONS • Arguably the world’s most “Chinese” casino operator • No global exposure outside of Macau Were SJM not to make a bid for Japan, they would be the only of Macau’s six concessionaires to elect not to do so. So it seems almost mandatory for the company co-founded by none other than Dr Stanley Ho himself to throw their hat in the ring. SJM’s bid is being spearheaded by Director and Assistant COO Arnaldo Ho, the late 20s son of Co-Chairman and Executive Director Angela Leong Working against (and arguably for) SJM are their extremely deep Chinese ties – Dr Ho held the gaming monopoly in Macau from 1960 to 2000 (effectively 2004). Also working against them is the widely held belief they were pursuing a property in Hokkaido, a location which has publicly announced it is no longer pursuing a bid. 優 • 有著長久在亞洲營運的歷史 • 與中國賭客有深遠連繫 缺 • 可說是全世界最「中國」的賭場營運商 • 沒有染指澳門以外的市場 如果澳博不投身在日本的爭戰的話，他們就會 是澳門六大博企中唯一一間選擇不這樣做的公司。 因此，為這一間由大名鼎鼎的何鴻燊博士有份創建 的公司而言，加入這個戰場差不多是必須的。澳博 的競投由董事兼助理營運總裁何猷亨帶領。現年二 十多歲的他是聯席主席及執行董事梁安琪的兒子。 為澳博帶來一些阻滯(或者亦可以說是好處) 的，正是該公司與中國的深遠聯繫。何博士從1960 年到2000年(準確點說是2004年)在澳門手持唯一 的賭牌。另外一樣對他們不利的，就是大家都相信 這公司曾希望在北海道開發設施，這地方已公開宣 佈將不會加入這場大型爭戰之內。