Inside Asian Gaming

IAG JAN 2022年1月 亞博匯 48 TECH TALK Ben Blaschke: It’s been a long two years, how are you feeling about 2022 heading into the new year? Scott Winzeler: As you know, things are starting to come back around but it still looks like it will be well into 2022 before we really see some movement. I mean, independent of our business there has been some significant news around junkets which could have a bigger impact on casinos than gaming devices or other travel, but from our perspective we just see a really, really slow reopening. All of our meetings in 2021 were done virtually and we’ve done a pretty good job of having, within our showroom, the ability to have a Zoommeeting and talk with customers in each of the markets. I’m sure that’s going to continue for a while because none of our sales guys are going to be traveling if there is going to be a two-week quarantine. I don’t see that clearing up in the first half of the year. BB:Wespokeayearagoandwere probably both more hopeful than confident about what 2021 was going to hold. Looking back, how was the year for Sega Sammy Creation in Asia? SW: We had a couple of hundred machines installed across the region and most of those were turned off throughout the year, so it’s hard to say what kind of