Inside Asian Gaming

IAG MAY 2022年5月 亞博匯 76 years, but certainly we’ve seen the Philippines come up as a strong market and you’ll see more emphasis placed on that market – particularly in 2022 while Macau is going through the rebidding process for concessionaires and the new gaming law. I think a lot of the concessionaires are reviewing the reported new gaming law amendments now and taking more time before moving forward with any changes to casino floors. From our perspective, it’s the Philippines, Indochina in the latter part of this year – and then Singapore is showing some good signs, as is Malaysia. IAG: How do you see the “VIP versus mass” make up of the industry post-COVID? KJ: The Macau market is already changing to mass as junkets diminish. With the visitation controls coming from China, the dynamic for Macau has changed and it’s likely to stay that way. In the other markets around Asia, I think you will see a bit more normalization back to what we had before. Players are starting to come back in and are spending their entertainment FEATURES 是2022年澳門正籌備為賭牌重新招標和 審議新博彩法。我認為很多博企正在審 視這一點，仍需要時間待相關法案出台 後再決定如何做出相應改變。 從我們的角度來看，重點是菲律 賓，今年下半年還有印度，然後新加坡 和馬來西亞也出現向好的跡象。 亞博匯：您怎樣看疫情後行業貴賓博彩 及中場博彩的分佈？ KJ： 隨著博彩中介人消失，澳門市場已 轉變為中場市場。隨著中國內地實施一 些出境旅遊限制，這將改變澳門的市場 動態，市況將保持現況，不會回到從前 博彩中介人和豪客存在的情況。 亞洲其他市場方面，我認為市況會 稍為正常化，回到以前的狀況。玩家開 始回歸並在賭場花費玩樂。 亞博匯：多年以來，角子機佔澳門博彩 總收入約6%左右，這是很小的佔比， 但澳門市場規模龐大。隨著澳門博彩業 大眾市場化，你認為這數字未來會上升 嗎？ KJ： 在澳門市場的早期，我們總是認為 角子機收入會比以前多。但澳門一直是 賭枱市場，短期內不會有太大變化。 現在，澳門不少角子機暫停運作， 而賭場內角子機之間也保持了一定間 距。這情況會改變，但根據澳門新出台 dollars in casinos again outside of Macau. IAG: For many years slot machines have contributed around 6% of Macau’s GGR, which is a small percentage but of a very large market. Can you see this figure rising in future as Macaumoves to amassmarket? KJ: We always figured back in the early days of the Macau market that the slot machine numbers would be greater than they have been. It’s always been a tables market and that’s not going to change to any great extent any time soon. 的電子博彩遊戲機營運新規章，整個市 場的博彩遊戲機須於2024年底前升級至 符合第2.0版軟件標準，預計賭場有關博 彩遊戲機的預算將用在此升級過程，所 以我看不到近期角子機市場份額將大幅 增長。這需要時間，但肯定的是澳門的 角子機收入佔比將不如其他市場高。 亞博匯：電子賭枱遊戲又怎麼樣？我們 坐在貴公司的陳列室，看著Roulette X 和「龍途百家樂」等產品。你認為這些 產品在未來將變得越來越重要嗎？它們 是否Light & Wonder的重點投放領域？ KJ： Scientific Games 電子賭枱遊戲 （ETG）的前身是最初開發的Starga-