Inside Asian Gaming

IAG APR 2022年4月 亞博匯 70 FEATURES While they won’t say so publicly, IAG is aware that at least some of Macau’s concessionaires feel less like a partner to the city and more like a cash cow. One example is the requirement in the draft gaming bill for even more Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives from the concessionaires. Specifically referenced is support for the development of small and medium-sized enterprises; support for the diversification of local industries; ensuring workers’ rights and interests including training and professional advancement of local workers; hiring of disabled individuals; support for activities of public interest; and support for activities of an educational, scientific and technological nature as well as support for environmental protection, culture and sports. And this is despite the concessionaires already paying up to 4% of GGR to the Macao Foundation and others to support CSR initiatives and infrastructure development in Macau. Many would argue, and with good reason, that the CSR initiatives currently employed