Inside Asian Gaming

IAG JUN 2020年6月 亞博匯 38 C M Y CM MY CY CMY K balance sheet than heavily leveraged rivals. By August 2007, the newcomers sued for peace, creating a casino industry council with Ho as its chairman that, with government approval, set a maximum commission rate of 1.25% in an agreement which came to be known as the Cotai pact. Ho achieved the long-held ambition of listing STDM’s majority owned casino arm SJM Holdings on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in July 2008. The listing, delayed by lawsuits between Ho and sister Winnie, a 7.35% STDM stakeholder, gave Ho access to public capital markets to pay for expansion, such as the US$4.6 billion Grand Lisboa Palace in Cotai. SJM will be the last Macau concessionaire to open a property in Cotai, more than a dozen years after The Venetian Macao. Ho’s faith in his understanding of the Macau market was rewarded with SJM returning to the top of the gaming market share table from early 2009. (現在的新濠鋒酒店)將支付1.35%的佣金吸引貴賓賭客。利潤 率降低的貴賓廳業務將決勝於數量,而與槓桿率高企的競爭對手 相比,何鴻燊的貴賓廳業務規模更大,資產負債表也更為強健。至 2007年8月,新入場者訴求和平,成立了一個以何鴻燊為主席的博 彩產業委員會。在一個後來被稱之為「路氹協議」的協議中,該委 員會獲得政府批准將中介人佣金上限定為1.25%。 2008年,何鴻燊一嘗長久以來之夙願,將澳娛持有多數股權 的澳博控股於港交所上市。此次上市曾經因為何鴻燊與持有澳娛 7.35%股權的胞妹何婉琪之間的訴訟而遭到推遲,但仍令何鴻燊 得以進入公開資本市場從而獲得擴張所需之費用,譬如耗資46億 美元位於路氹金光大道的上葡京。在距澳門威尼斯人開業十數年 後,澳博將成為在路氹城最後一家開設物業的博彩特許經營商。 何鴻燊憑藉自己對澳門市場的了解得到了回報,2009年初, 澳博重返博彩市場份額榜首。目前尚不清楚他在2009年7月病倒 之前是否已意識到路氹的重要性——後來他基本臥床不起,但很 明顯,如果何鴻燊能夠再掌權10年或20年,澳博控股的境況可能 會更好。在賭權開放後帶領澳博重新登頂,證明熟練的舞者即使 不再是主旋律卻仍找到正確的舞步。 當何鴻燊試圖在2010年下半年開始分配自己的財產時,何超 COVER STORY A public memorial for Dr Ho was opened at Hotel Lisboa. 葡京酒店專門開闢了悼念何鴻燊的紀念區

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