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IAG FEB 2022年2月 亞博匯 113 factors that we can offer in a linked progressive offering that are a little bit outside the norm, and allowing for some newer ideas to come through. BB: IGT has been among the frontrunners in terms of cashless and touchless technologies in recent years, particularly in the US. Asia has been a little slower to adopt such technologies although it seems inevitable in the long term. How do you see this playing out across the region? MC: We’re quite excited because 2022 will bring the first of our cashless suite of products in the Resort Wallet into production and that will be at the NUSTAR Resort & Casino in the Philippines which will open in a few months’ time. That Resort Wallet will include the option for “carded cashless” where a player still leverages a physical loyalty card, but can load funds directly to a Cashless Wagering Account on an EGM, or a “cardless cashless” option whereby players maintain 技術談 BB：疫情如何影響了你們開發產品的方 式？ MC： 我認為疫情的發生，尤其在亞洲， 可能令我們有機會對未來產品的發佈計 劃更具針對性及戰略性。由於社交距離 的要求，市場對遊戲的需求並沒有增 加。因此，儘管我們繼續致力於該地區 遊戲的開發及獲准，但現在我們可以花 更多的時間重新評估其中的部分產品， 進一步改善令其更為符合玩家的需求。 疫情帶來了一個機會，令我們以 更具戰略性的方式看待整個區域內的產 品，尤其是當我們在看自己的連線積累 服務時，會想一下是否有些方式可以跳 脫常規，提供一些獨特的連線積累式的 產品？會考慮是否可以提供一些獨特的 元素，跳出常規，允許一些新的想法出 現。 BB：近年來，IGT在無現金和非接觸 技術方面一直處於領先地位，尤其是在 美國。亞洲採用此類技術的速度稍慢一 些，但從長遠來看也將是大勢所趨。請 問您如何看待整個地區的表現？ their loyalty card and Cashless Wagering Account on a personal mobile device. The cardless cashless option gives operators the ability to introduce cashless commerce throughout the business for the enabled patrons to have cashless experiences anywhere on the property, be it checking into the hotel, dining at a restaurant or shopping at one of the stores. We’re excited about that but I have noted that here in Macau we also have increased interest in cashless products and we MC： 我們非常興奮。因為2022年，我 們在菲律賓NUSTAR Resort & Casino 引入第一套使用Resort Wallet的無現 金產品。該度假村將在數月後開業。該 Resort Wallet將包括「carded cash- less」選項，玩家仍然可以使用實體會 員卡，但可以直接將現金額存入博彩機 上的無現金投注賬戶充值，或是保留 「carded cashless」即玩家可以在個人 移動設備保留他們會員卡及無現金投注 賬戶。「carded cashless」選項使運營 商能夠在整個業務中引入無現金業務，