Inside Asian Gaming

IAG FEB 2022年2月 亞博匯 46 COVER STORY to 14 of Macau’s 18 satellite casinos. In the pre-COVID era, SJM relied on those satellites for more than 50% of its gaming revenue. Even now, there are still plenty of questions to be answered. For example, the draft bill provides for a maximum number of gaming tables and gaming machines each concessionaire will be authorized to operate each year. This will be closely linked to business volume with the Chief Executive to determine a “minimum annual limit of gross income from each gaming table and gaming machine”. If this minimum annual income is not reached, the concessionaire will be required to make up the difference and if not reached for two consecutive years, the Chief Executive may reduce the number of tables or machines authorized for use. It is not yet known what this minimum limit will be or how it will be calculated. Concessionaires will also be subject to a review every three years in which Macau’s gaming regulator, the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ), will examine general contractual compliance. A failure by any concessionaire to comply with the stipulated terms of their contracts, or a lack of proactivity in doing so, will be referred to the Secretary for Economy and Finance. Again, detail on how such analysis might be applied is scarce. 譬如，草案中規定了將由行政長官 批示訂立每家博企須經營賭枱及博彩機 的總量上限，以及每張賭桌及每部博彩 機每年的毛收入下限。如若實際毛收入 未達到規定的金額下限，則承批公司須 補足差額。如若連續兩年未能達到最低 毛收入，則行政長官可批示減少獲批的 賭枱或博彩機的數量。目前還尚未確定 該金額下限為多少，或者如何被計算出 來。 博監局亦將每三年對承批公司進行 一次審查，主要審查一般合同合規的遵 守情況。若該博企未能遵守其合約地規 定條款，或在履行時缺乏主動，將會被 轉介予經濟財政司司長處理。同樣，目 前並無有關判斷細節。 法案還規定，承批公司若擬在其他 管轄區域經營娛樂場幸運博彩或其他方 式博彩，須取得行政長官經聽取博彩委 員會意見後做出的許可。但目前尚不清 楚近期宣佈的投資項目——譬如永利渡 假村計劃在阿聯酋開發的綜合度假村項 目——是否會包含在內。 此外，每間博企必須滿足政府對企 業社會責任的期待包括支持中小企業發 展、支持本地產業多元發展、確保勞工 權益、尤其是本地僱員的在職培訓及人 員向上流動、保障員工的公積金制度、 聘用殘疾及康復人士、支持公益活動、 支持各種教育、科研、環保、文化及體 育等活動。 此外，承批公司必須「制定一個負 責任博彩的推行計劃」，他們必須採取 措施「讓公眾，尤其包括旅客，有足夠 資訊，以負責任及溫和態度博彩而不失 控」，並接受定期檢討及優化上述計劃