Inside Asian Gaming

IAG OCT 2020年10月 亞博匯 56 IN FOCUS few years have generally been the ones breaking the rules anyway,” says Niall Murray, Chairman of IR consultancy firm Murray International Group. “They’ve either folded or been rolled into a group that they can work with. That’s one of the main reasons for consolidation. The good agents are still around, having either merged to form new alliances or come in as sub-agents under the bigger junkets. And Suncity has done that better than the rest. “From what we had to clean up 20 years ago to where we are now, there is a world of difference. It’s much better. “Is it perfect? No. They’re not putting in the same strict regulations as they are in Singapore where you may as well say goodbye to the VIP business. “But there is a long history of junkets that has built up over time. They are moving with the times, becoming more legitimate, it’s improving with each passing month and I take my hat off to them.” 期間不會賭博，這對需求而言是很大的影響。 然而，根據前政府顧問Green的看法，這對於適應力更強的中 介公司而言是一個長期的積極因素，將有助於「大營運商變得更 大，而小營運商逐漸消失。」 此舉亦有助於該行業變得更加合法。 綜合度假村諮詢公司Murray International Group的主席 Niall Murray表示：「過去幾年中，我們看到那些消失的公司基本上 都是因為違規。」 「他們要麼被吞併，要麼與那些能合作的人併在一起。這是 行業合併的主要原因之一。優秀的代理商仍在，他們要麼合併形 成新的聯盟，要麼以更大的中介公司旗下的子代理商的身份加 入。太陽城在這一方面做得比其他公司好。」 「從20年前那些我們不得不面對及處理的情況，到現時的局 面，當中已經有很大的差異。現在已經很不錯。」 「完美嗎？不。他們沒有像在新加坡那樣受到嚴格的監管。在 新加坡，可能要告別博彩中介人了。」 「但是博彩中介人這個行業是在歷史的長河中逐步建立起 來的。他們與時俱進，日趨合法，日新月異地進步著。我向他們表 示敬意。」