Inside Asian Gaming

IAG APR 2022年4月 亞博匯 30 Sales Director for Asia, Michael Cheers, said the company “will look to implement the new Macau 2.0 standards prior to the required date.” Cheers also revealed that IGT “has allocated a task force to handle the transition, which is well underway in terms of development. IGT has a target date for the first 2.0 approvals by Q4 this year and is committed to investigate the market needs to ascertain what content is required to be upgraded to Macau 2.0 standards based on market demand. “We are working with our key partners to implement the new standards prior to the required date and for them to be deployed on the gaming floors for inspections. This will not impact our delivery timing of products on our current product roadmap for Macau.” Aristocrat, the market leader in Macau with around 7,500 units installed, said it will substantially reduce the number of games it has in the market although this is likely to only impact around 10% of its installed machine base. Light & Wonder, with around 4,500 units installed, recently received compliance approval from the DICJ for “Carnival Cow” – the first game to meet COVER STORY