Inside Asian Gaming

IAG OCT 2020年10月 亞博匯 55 They add, “Unlike in 2010-14, when the central government had targeted corruption, this time around, Beijing is targeting gambling activities. This hurts big players demand, affects junket debt collection, and blocks funding channel for big players. According to the State Council Information Office, it could be a three-year campaign until 2022.” Although Beijing’s regulatory tightening on gambling activities and capital outflow is aimedmore at maintaining China’s financial stability than specifically targeting Macau, the analysts noted recent reports that some big players had been stopped at the border and asked to declare they would not gamble while in Macau, placing a significant burden on demand. However, this can act as a long-term positive for the more resilient junkets according to former government advisor Green, helping “the large operators get larger and the small ones to progressively disappear.” It will also aid efforts for the industry to legitimize. “The ones that we’ve seen disappear over the past 焦點關注 前景堪憂 人們對於澳門博彩中介行業的長期前景看法仍存有分歧。 Tash支持營運商們未來幾年把更多的精力放在利潤率更高 的中場業務上，他表示：「未來5到10年，澳門將大大減少對貴賓博 彩的依賴。這是好事。」 但也有一些人認為，無論是否經由博彩中介人主導，貴賓博 彩都是引導澳門走向提高旅遊質量而非數量的重要工具。 無論哪種方式，在博彩業開始走上新冠疫情後的漫長復甦之 路時，無疑都會面臨一些短期挑戰，而內地近期打擊與賭博相關 的資金外流的行動亦必定對這條復甦之路毫無幫助。 瑞士信貸的分析師Kenneth Fong、Lok Kan Chan及Rebecca Law認為，此次打擊行動令「貴賓博彩體系未來數年內將大幅縮減 規模，此舉將拖累復甦步伐。」 他們補充稱：「與2010至2014年中央政府反腐敗的做法不同， 此次北京方面針對的是賭博活動本身。這直接損害了高額玩家的 需求、影響了博彩中介人的債務追討，並阻斷了高額玩家的融資渠 道。據國務院新聞辦公室表示，該活動或將持續三年至2022年。」 儘管北京方面加強對賭博活動及資本外流的管控並非專門 針對澳門，而是更多為了維護內地金融的穩定，但分析人士近期 的報告指，一些大的賭客在邊境被攔下來，並被要求其允諾在澳