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IAG JUN 2021年6月 亞博匯 74 INDUSTRY PROFILE more than 20,000 food items for the community since COVID lockdowns began early last year. BB: How do you see the Philippines market recovering over the next 12 months? PW: The Philippines will follow the broader global recovery, and the primary driver for that will be the successful availability of vaccines to the local population. The Philippines’ national and local governments, in cooperation with private industry, are actively facilitating the procurement and rollout of vaccines with a strong push throughout 2021 towards local inoculation. As the pandemic recovery becomes clear, resumption of tourist travel, full-capacity play and no age restrictions will bring the market back to its previous levels. BB: Before COVID the Philippines was talked about as one of, if not the most exciting market in Asia from a slots perspective. Is that still the case? PW: 100%. Manila has some of the largest jackpots in scale and quantity in the world. A typical floor in Manila has more than Php500 million in jackpots running at one time – it is hard to beat that kind of excitement! Mighty Cash took it to a whole new level with a Php100 million (~US$2 million) Grand Jackpot startup on the mass floor and even ran one at Php200 million (US$4 million)! Aristocrat regularly launches new products with Php50 million (US$1 million) or Php100 million (US$2 million) grand jackpots. Albeit a slightly smaller scale, similar jackpots are driving player appeal in Clark, and soon Cebu. BB: What trends have you seen developing in the Philippines slot market in recent times? PW: The players that frequent venues in the Philippines are looking for an evolution to the Jackpot Bonus experience, and strong momentum continues to build towards multi-denominational linked progressives; particularly in the “Hold & Spin” category. Aristocrat 地把疫苗帶到當地人群。菲律賓的中央及地方政府在與私人行業 合作的情況下,正積極地帶動疫苗的採購及提供,同時大力推動 在2021年進行社區疫苗接種。當從疫症中恢復的道路變得愈加清 晰時,旅客再次踏上旅途、娛樂場全面恢復,以及年齡限制的取消 都將會把市場推回原本的水平。 BB:在新冠疫情之前,菲律賓被譽為在角子機方面是其中一個、甚 至是最令人興奮的亞洲市場,現在的情況是否還是這樣? PW: 百分之百是!馬尼拉擁有一些規模上是世界最大的積寶。在 馬尼拉的一個典型的娛樂場所就有超過5億披索的積寶同時運 行,如此能夠令人興奮的地方實在難以與其匹敵。 Mighty Cash就把整件事提升到一個新的層次,並且為中場 娛樂空間帶來了1億披索(約200萬美元)的大積寶,甚至有2億披索 (約400萬美元)的!盛世・貴族定期推出新的產品,並帶來5000萬披 索(100萬美元)或1億披索(200萬美元)的大積寶。雖然規模比較細 一點,但相似的積寶就為克拉克以及將會為宿霧提高對玩家的吸 引力。 BB:你有否留意到菲律賓角子機市場在最近發展出甚麼趨勢呢? PW: 那些經常光顧菲律賓耍樂場所的玩家都希望看到積寶獎賞 體驗有所進化升級,同時對於邁向多面值連線累積亦有很大的推 動力,特別是在Hold & Spin這部分。盛世・貴族在這兩款功能上通 過Lightning Link獨步市場。我們亦繼續以Mighty Cash及其他新 產品來擴充這個類型的選項。往後的時光將會令人非常振奮。 BB:若果不考慮疫情的話,你在私人時間都喜歡做甚麼呢? PW: 作為一個著重家庭的男人,我從我出色的妻子和優秀的小 孩身上獲得力量,而我們亦在菲博彩業內外建立了很多非凡的關 係。此外,打幾局高爾夫球、到宿霧潛水,以及在不同的小島度假, 都是我會做的事。 BB:最後,當你可以離開菲律賓時,第一個會去甚麼地方? PW: 這問題很容易回答:回到美國去。現在要回到那裏可謂條路 途遙遠,但我們都對於能夠再與家人見面感到興奮 。

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