Inside Asian Gaming

IAG FEB 2021年2月 亞博匯 67 to “environmental concerns.” Since then, Rush Street has remained quiet, but IAG is aware the company continues to be interested in Japan. Given its known preference for regional gaming, and the likely amount of accessible capital, Rush Street will pursue a regional location, while still understanding the multi- billion dollar investment that would require. The Clairvest Group, which owns Japanese subsidiary Clairvest Neem Ventures, is a Canadian investment company with casino and resort interests in Canada, the US and Chile. Another company which made plenty of noise about Hokkaido before (and even after) Governor Suzuki’s effective withdrawal of Hokkaido from the race, Clairvest switched their focus to Wakayama, but unlike their competitor in that two-horse race, Suncity, we have heard little from them. Clairvest have made it clear they are merely an investor, but we are yet to hear of which operator they intend to partner with. Unless they make some 日本 2018年， Rush Street Gaming 的創始人兼主席Neil Bluhm 承諾向北海道IR投資20億美元。當時，這家總部位於芝加哥的美 國房地產和博彩業巨頭曾表示，將只專注於北海道，但那是在北 海道知事鈴木直道以「環境問題」為由宣佈北海道退出賽道之前。 在那之後，Rush Street一直保持沉默。但《亞博匯》認為該公司仍 然對日本感興趣。由於其對於區域博彩的偏好及可獲得的可利用 資金金額，該企將尋求地方選址，同時也明白這需要數十億美元 的投資。 擁有日本子公司Clairvest Neem Ventures的 Clairvest集團 是一家加拿大投資公司，在加拿大、美國和智利擁有娛樂場及度 假村的股份。Clairvest亦在鈴木直道宣佈北海道退出賽道之前（ 甚至之後）一直對北海道表示興趣，但之後將其目標轉移到了和 歌山。但與其另一位競爭者太陽城不同的是，我們幾乎沒有聽過 其消息。Clairvest已經明確表示了他們只是投資者，但我們尚未 得知該企打算與哪家營運商合作。除非Clairvest很快地採取大膽 行動，否則將很難獲得牌照。 其他候選營運商 我們還尚未提及最為有資歷的老牌營運商 雲頂新加坡 。這位