Inside Asian Gaming

IAG MAY 2022年5月 亞博匯 104 10 YEARS AGO And while the tremendous growth of baccarat continued to grab headlines – up 558% between 2004 and 2011 at an annualized growth rate of 26.3% - slot revenue growth had outpaced the market on a percentage basis by 3 to 1. Aristocrat’s then-General Manager for Asia Pacific, David Punter, told IAG at the time, “There is a real slot player in the region now. There is a real slot player coming from Mainland China and from Hong Kong, and this is greater than what we all thought originally from a tables perspective. There’s a market there. There’s a player there.” Naturally, such explosive growth has not continued in the decade since 2012, although Macau’s slot machine segment remains a valuable contributor to the industry – even if it still comprises only around 6% of industry GGR. By 4Q19, the last quarter before COVID-19 changed the world, the number of machines in the Macau market had reached just over 17,000, with annual segment GGR of MOP$15.1 billion (US$1.89 billion). 儘管百家樂的巨大增長持續吸睛—— 從2004至2011年間增長了558%，年增長 率為26.3%，但角子機收入的增長速度卻 以3比1的百分比超過市場。 Aristocrat當時的亞太區總經理David Punter彼時向《亞博匯》表示：「現在地 區出現了真正的角子機玩家。這些角子機 玩家來自中國內地及香港，超出我們最初 的設想。哪裡有市場，哪裡就有玩家。」 當然，自2012年以來的過去10年 間，這種爆炸性增長並未持續，但澳門的 角子機仍是這個行業的重要貢獻分部，儘 管仍然僅佔行業博彩總收入的5.2%。截 至2019年底，即疫情前的最後一個季度， 澳門市場的角子機數量已達超過17,000 台，年度角子機博彩總收入達151億澳門 元（18.9億美元）。