Inside Asian Gaming

IAG OCT 2020年10月 亞博匯 51 焦點關注 “It has taken years to resolve itself to this point now where the industry has consolidated and regulation has progressively gotten just a little bit firmer,” offers David Green, a former gaming regulator in Australia and consultant to the Macau SAR Government. “Now some of the big operators like Suncity and Tak Chun are really migrating away from just being focused on junket operations to either becoming casino operators themselves or diversifying completely. “In the case of [Suncity Group CEO] Alvin Chau, he has gone into real estate and horse breeding and movies and all sorts of things. It’s given thema platform where they’ve been able to legitimize themselves while still maintaining the essential cash flow of their VIP ops.” 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 內，這個數字將接近50。 正是出於這樣的外部壓力，精明的博彩中介人開始增加收入 來源多元化，從而降低高波動性的貴賓博彩業務所帶來的風險， 同時亦可與該行業曖昧不清的歷史漸行漸遠。 澳洲前任博彩監管人員、有為澳門特區政府提供顧問服務的 David Green表示：「我們花了數年時間才解決了這個問題，現在 行業已經得到整合，監管也逐漸變得更為嚴格。」 「現在如太陽城和德晉這樣的大型博彩中介公司實際早已 從專注於博彩中介業務轉而自己成為娛樂場營運商，或完全實現 多元化。」 「以（太陽城集團行政總裁）周焯華為例，他先後涉足了房地 產、馬匹養殖、電影等多個行業。這為他們提供了一個平台，不僅 令其可以合法化自己，同時也能保持貴賓博彩業務營運的基本現 金流。」 放眼2022年——澳門特區政府計劃彼時在現有的六個博彩 特許經營權及轉批給經營權期滿之後，對澳門博彩經營批給重新