Inside Asian Gaming

IAG MAR 2022年3月 亞博匯 47 專欄 The Macau gaming industry has a de facto “franchise” system to operate satellite casinos. Some gaming operators have been partnering up with certain third parties in the development of these casinos. There is a strong rationale for establishing satellite casinos: gaming operators can expand their market reach without making any significant capital investments. Acting as the self-styled “service providers”, satellite casino owners are by no means passive investors; on the contrary, they assume the day-to-day management of the casinos with the entitlement to a share of the gaming profits. Take the mass market segment as a simple illustration – gaming operators generally pay about 40% gaming taxes and keep 5% of the net win generated from the table games, and the remaining 55% will go to the service providers for the gaming service rendered in satellite casinos. LAW CHANGES LOOMING OVER SATELLITE PROPERTIES Local satellite casinos are fraught with informal industry practices. There is little argument that the Macau government and the 娛樂場中，大部分都是在2004至2006 年間出現的。澳門現在總共有18間衛星 娛樂場，3個獲授權博彩的營運商正在營 運。 澳門的博彩業在營運衛星娛樂場 上有一套「特許經營式」系統，一些博 彩營運商已經與某幾個第三方人士夥拍 發展這些娛樂場。設立衛星娛樂場的原 因其實很充分：博彩營運商可以在擴充 他們市場接觸率的同時，卻不需要進行 任何重大的資金投放。雖自稱「服務提 供者」，衛星娛樂場擁有人並非被動投 資者。事實上，他們處理著這些娛樂場 的日常管理事務，並且有權分得當中的 博彩盈利。就以中場板塊為例，博彩營 運商一般支付約40%各類型的博彩稅 費，並且保留賭枱的淨贏額5%，餘下的 55%就會落入衛星娛樂場提供博彩服務 的服務提供者手中。 Landmark Casino, a satellite casino in the very heart of the Macau peninsula. 置地娛樂場位於澳門半島城中心。