Inside Asian Gaming

IAG APR 2022年4月 亞博匯 34 COVER STORY that continue to perform well will likely stay operational on the floor until the latest date possible in 2024. Operators contacted by IAG did not respond to our requests for comment. According to Jolly, Macau’s approach in implementing EGM Tech Standards 2.0 is unique in that it is one of the very few jurisdictions requiring all machines on the casino floor to match the latest standards rather than just those introduced from September 2021 onwards – when 2.0 was officially launched. “This idea of keeping only new products on the floors is not a bad approach, and to do that they obviously need to make it mandatory that by a certain time all products must be upgraded,” he says. “In other markets where they bring in new standards but don’t have a requirement for the latest, greatest technology, they don’t make it retrospective … it is only for products from a particular date. “At the end of the day, that just comes down to the individual regulator.” 對此，《亞博匯》聯絡的營運商 並未回應。 Jolly表示，澳門實施的《角子機 技術標準（第2.0版）》方法比較少 見，因為澳門是少數幾個要求賭場內所 有機器都符合最新標準的司法管轄區之 一，而非僅僅從2021年9月新2.0版本 正式推出以後引入的那些機器。 他表示：「這種只保留新產品的 想法並不是一個壞方法，但要做到這一 點，他們顯然需要強制要求到某個時間 內所有產品都必須升級。」 「在其他市場，當局引入新標 準，但未有要求採用最新、最先進的技 術，他們不回追溯既往，相關標準只針 對當時的產品。」 「歸根結底，這取決於不同的監 管機構。」