Inside Asian Gaming

IAG JUL 2021年7月 亞博匯 75 issues in those regions. Some regions were open while others were in lockdown. We did have a virtual team working to bring to market a new slot cabinet, the Kascada, and that’s now released in the US. Australia will follow at AGE in August. In Asia, we are all getting ready for when business does come back, and as we’ve seen in other markets, when it does, it has come back strongly and we will have new products ready to deliver – both for tables and slots. BB: Has player behavior changed post-COVID? TR: I think consumer behavior in general has changed, not just in casino players. The live experience is part of our product, so players will return to bricks and mortar. Certainly in the medium term, safety and the ability to travel will shape player demographics, but over time, as it did post SARS, things will return to a new normal. BB: How do you see the role of ETGs versus traditional table games in the future? TR: ETGs are in a growth phase and that will be helped by players who are coming back from playing online. The technology and security of the game allows us to do some great twists on standard table games with enhanced side bets and other things that just couldn’t be possible on a live table. For example, we are about to release a roulette game that has player selectable volatility in the pays with random multipliers of up to 500 times your bet put on numbers. ETG’s won’t replace live tables or slots, but will augment both of these more and more. 特寫 BB:從你首次移居澳門至今已有15年了，您如何看待這期間的 市場變化？ TR: 這個行業肯定變得更大，而且中心已經從澳門半島轉移到 了金光大道。但是微觀層面上，過去曾有的很多遊戲，現在因為 賭枱數量限制而消失了。這種情況下，入場的籌碼變得高得多。 BB：鑑於疫情後不同司法管轄區的復甦狀態不同，您在一個有 趣的時刻出任了亞洲區的職務。當前情況下，您計劃如何實施 市場開發計劃？ TR: 就業務復甦而言，亞洲無處不在。運營商的資本支出有限， 因此我們只能滿足他們的基本需求，即低風險、高性價比及高 投資回報率。 BB：在產品投放市場方面，是照常營業還是因為疫情而推遲某 些產品的上市時間？ TR： 作為一家全球企業，新冠疫情對我們業務的影響與這些地 區的問題基本一致。 一些地區是開放的，而另一些地區則處於 封鎖狀態。 我們確實有一個虛擬團隊致力於將一款新的角子機 Kascada推向市場。該款機器已經在美國發行，澳洲也將在 AGE時推出。在亞洲，我們都在為業務復甦做準備，正如我們在 其他市場上已經看到的那樣。當復甦時，其將勢頭強勁，而我們 也將準備好交付新產品——包括賭枱設備和角子機。 BB：疫情之後玩家的行為是否發生了變化？ TR： 我認為消費者的行為總體上發生了變化，而不僅僅是賭 客。 現場體驗是我們產品的一部分，因此玩家將回歸。 當然，中 期來看，安全性和旅行能力將影響玩家的統計數據，但隨著時間 的推移，就像沙士後一樣，事情將恢復到新常態。 BB：您如何看待電子賭枱遊戲（ETG)與傳統賭枱遊戲在未來的 發展？ TR： 電子賭枱遊戲正處於增長階段，得益於那些線上玩家的回 歸。 遊戲的技術和安全性使我們能夠在標準的賭枱遊戲上，通