Inside Asian Gaming

IAG FEB 2022年2月 亞博匯 68 COLUMNISTS of all sports betting revenue in Nevada in 2021, a percentage which has been on the increase. Attempts were made more than a decade ago to introduce mobile gaming to Macau’s casinos. Nevada introduced mobile gaming systems and devices into its casinos in 2006. Its 15 years of experience with mobile devices and its relevant regulation and equipment standard suggest that no reinvention of the wheel would likely be necessary if Macau was to be open to such technology being deployed. Another matter apparently to be left out of the new law is enforcement options available to the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) if a concessionaire is non-compliant with a gaming law, regulation, Order or Instruction. Currently the concession contracts provide for unilateral termination by the government should particular circumstances of non-compliance arise. Some laws, such as those dealing with money laundering and terrorist financing, contain specific penalty provisions for breaches. However, there is no certainty about the disciplinary process, or consequences, associated with many potential events of non-compliance. For example, suppose a concessionaire failed to comply with a mandated internal control, occasioning the theft of access control passwords or cards. There should be a clear and proportionate disciplinary process available to the DICJ, one which is known in advance to the concessionaires so that they can prioritize their compliance activities. Perhaps the only discordant note in the explanation of the proposed revisions was struck by the shortening of the concession term to 10 years, or 是博彩監察協調局對於那些未有遵循博 彩法律、法規、法令或守則的持牌人的 執法工具。 現時的專營合約允許政府在博彩牌 照承批人不遵守規例的某些特別情況下單 方面終止合約。一些例如反洗黑錢及反恐 怖主義融資的法律，都列明針對違法的特 定罰則。可是對於很多關於違規的潛在事 項，其相關的紀律程序或連帶後果就沒有 清晰訂明。例如，假設一個承批人未有遵 循強制的內部管理，並且有內部管控密碼 或卡牌盜竊的情況，就應該有一套清晰及 相稱的紀律程序供博監局運用，而承批人 亦應該預早知道這套程序，讓他們可以安 排各自的合規措施。 在博彩法建議修訂的解釋當中，唯 一比較突顯的可能就是把承批期縮短至 10年，或者在例外情況下不超過13年。 如此較短的年期就不禁令人質疑到底政 府會希望參與公開競投的各方在 6月後 的重新競投過程中提出甚麼供獻。於 2002年批出的專營合約，只要求承批人 在18到20年間承諾最少80億澳門元的投 資，還有數額較低的年度溢價金，以及 繳交稅款和為社會用途的款項。到目前 為止，政府依然未有清晰指出到底將要 求參與競投的公司除了已經耳熟能詳的 非博彩投資之外還要帶來甚麼貢獻。 有鑑於現時特區政府及中央政府 所堅持的新冠清零政策，實在很難預想 到一個只有10年期、而且很有可能在新 冠大流行依然持續的情況下開始的專營 權，會能夠吸引到任何新的投標者。澳