Inside Asian Gaming

IAG MAY 2022年5月 亞博匯 36 similar to Crown, is enough. And allowing [junket promoter] Suncity Group into the casino with its own room is also enough.” What we do know right now is that the days of junkets setting up camp in Australia’s casinos are over, which casts doubt on operators’ future ability to attract international players – particularly with stricter AML and KYC (Know Your Customer) controls set to become the norm. Complicating the matter further is China’s own war against cross-border gambling, which has already diminished the Chinese VIP market for casinos around the world – a fact even Macau is discovering. “I think the commission- based play model has real problems,” explains Green. “At the moment in NSW and Victoria you can grant credit to non-residents who come in on commission-based play arrangements, and it might be possible to source players from geographies other than China. It’s been done for years in smaller casinos like Adelaide, getting in players from Malaysia and Thailand and so forth, but whether they can provide the volume and quantum of play required to sustain that business is a question. “One thing to bear in mind is: that’s the volatile end of the business. Unless you’ve got a very substantial base of recurring commission-based COVER STORY