Inside Asian Gaming

IAG NOV 2021年11月 亞博匯 34 2021 POWER 50 A phenomenon that repeatedly presents during the making of the list each year is the “My business has grown therefore I should move up the list” fallacy. The truth is everyone lifts in a rising tide. As a general rule, the majority of people on the list are managing businesses that grow each year, and just to maintain a spot on the list requires annual growth. Someone doing the same thing year after year and achieving similar results will slowly slip down the list as the years roll by. DILEMMAS Although we have become quite adept at putting this list together, the task seems to get more complex each year as the Asian gaming industry matures and becomes more nuanced. How on earth does one compare the sole owner of a smaller property to the brand new “hired help” COO of a much larger one? How about comparing a large property that is still in pre-opening to a smaller one that has been active for years? A junket operator in Macau versus the CEO of the Hong Kong Jockey Club? Or the head of a smallish casino company about to go public to the President of a casino chain in Korea that doesn’t have locals gaming? These are the types of tough questions the selection panel of the Asian Gaming Power 50 wrestles with. As with any such ranked list, there are always criticisms and objections, usually from those who feel slighted. We often hear claims of not reading the list or not caring about it, but we are often sent messages, either directly or through surrogates, bemoaning the injustice of a perceived lowly position and lobbying for the following year. Strangely, no one has ever contacted us to complain about being ranked too high! This is the first year since its inception that the Asian Gaming Power 50 will be without Sheldon Adelson, who passed away in January. 今年是自「亞博匯50強」發佈以來首次榜單上缺席蕭登·艾德森的姓名，他於今年1月過世。