Inside Asian Gaming

IAG APR 2022年4月 亞博匯 98 10 YEARS AGO I t is now 20 years since Macau approved the first three casino concessions under its liberalization of the industry, with Sociedade de Jogos de Macao, Galaxy Casino and Wynn Resorts the original winners. And, in April 2012, it made sense that Inside Asian Gaming should recognize the milestone by featuring the 10-year anniversary as its cover story. From a field of over 20 bids from around the world, those initial three concessionaires would be joined by three sub- concessionaires, with IAG stating back in 2012 that this had “marked the beginning of Macau’s transformation from the sleepy, seedy gambling town it had been in colonial times – the ‘Monte Carlo of the Orient’ was the generous title afforded it – to a resort destination of worldwide significance; the ‘Las Vegas of Asia’. “Nothing would be the same again, not Macau,