Inside Asian Gaming

IAG OCT 2020年10月 亞博匯 62 GOLDEN GROUP Rarely mentioned among Macau’s big junket hitters these days is Golden Group, a junket closely linked with SJM Holdings and its predecessor, STDM. Founded in 1990, its ownership group includes Angela Leong – the fourth wife of STDM founder Stanley Ho and current Co-Chairman and Executive Director of SJM Holdings – and Li Chi Keung, Managing Director of Macau Jockey Club and financier of several Macau casino operations. Publicly at least, Golden Group has downsized considerably in recent years – from 11 VIP Clubs in 2015 to just five remaining as of June 2020 when the company announced the closure of its three VIP Clubs at Casino Lisboa. Those closures also represented the end of an era for Lisboa, the birthplace of Macau’s modern-day junket industry (see Part 1 of this article in the September issue of IAG or at www.asgam.com) . Golden Group has five remaining VIP Clubs – all of them located at neighboring Grand Lisboa – although the company is expected to open rooms at SJM’s new Cotai resort, Grand Lisboa Palace, once it opens in December. While not as prominent as other junkets in Macau, IAG has heard from sources that Golden Group in fact turns over as much, if not more, than almost all of its competitors in the market. “They laugh when people talk about Macau’s ‘Big 3’ junkets,” one source said. IN FOCUS 黃金集團 如今在提及澳門大型博彩中介營運商時，黃金集團鮮少被提 及。這家博彩中介人與澳博控股及澳娛關係甚密。該公司成立於 1990年，所有者包括梁安琪及李志強。梁安琪為澳娛創始人何鴻 燊的第四房妻子，現為澳博控股聯席主席兼執行董事。李志強則 是澳門賽馬會董事總經理及多項澳門賭場業務的出資人。 至少在公開資料中，黃金集團近年來大幅縮減了規模。從 2015年的11間貴賓廳，到2020年6月宣佈關閉位於葡京娛樂場的 三個貴賓廳之後，僅剩下5間。 這些貴賓廳的關閉也標誌著葡京年代的終結。葡京酒店是澳 門現代博彩中介行業的誕生地。（請於九月刊或瀏覽www.asgam. com閱讀本文第一部分） 黃金集團的五間貴賓廳全部位於新葡京酒店內。不過該公司 或將在澳博位於路氹那有望在今年12月開業的全新度假村上葡 京酒店開設新的貴賓廳。 《亞博匯》從消息人士處獲悉，雖然其不像澳門其他博彩中 介人那樣引人注目，但黃金集團的實際營業額應與其市面上的多 數競爭對手不相上下，甚至更多。 這位消息人士稱：「當人們只談論澳門的『三大巨頭』時，他們 都會哂笑。」