Inside Asian Gaming

IAG JUN 2022年6月 亞博匯 91 行業檔案 it would be a direct violation of the law if they were in foreign countries. The satellite casinos have always been service providers but the staff that work in their casinos are managed by the concessionaires, while promoters belong to satellite casinos. Undoubtedly, there is a blank regarding the legal supervision of satellite casinos. In my opinion, the new gaming law has to a certain extent filled in the loopholes in the law, and the current economic environment is very different from that of the past. IAG: Do you think the Legislative Assembly will pass the new gaming law before 26 June? RH: The reason why the new law will be passed before 26 June this year is that all six gaming concessions will expire on that date. Although all concessionaires have submitted their applications for renewal, it will take some time for all the tenders – whether existing ones or new ones – to prepare their tender documents accordingly. IAG: There’s a thought that the current six concessionaires will win the six licenses on offer, so there is a lack of interest in competitive bidding. What do you think about that? RH: Some people think there’s no competition in terms of the upcoming gaming license tendering, and the six concessions will be given to the original concessionaires. However, think of it in another way – Macau is a very important place for companies looking to enter the Asian market. I still remember that back in 現時中介人可以運行的模式，就只有帶 賭客進入娛樂場，然後收取承批公司給 的佣金，相信這種方式更容易監管及沒 有灰色地帶。 我認為，過往的博彩中介人有很 多「隱性」的權力，經常有人開玩笑地 說：「VIP不只是包一個廳，是包一個 房，裡面發生很多事都不是承批公司可 以監管。 貴賓廳很多違規行為都無法即時 監管，但博企從不違法因為它們是持牌 公司，不會為一宗違法的生意去放棄未 來，但中介人看法就很不同。 IAG：在《博彩法》的修法中，關於「衛 星賭場」部份引起廣泛討論，你有甚麼 看法？ Ryan： 我們絕對不應忽略「衛星賭場」 的存在，他們對澳門旅遊及經濟的貢獻 很大，但衛星賭場確實缺少法律基礎， 現時衛星賭場的營運模式，在國際市場 是違法行為，而一直以來衛星賭場是 「服務商」，衛星賭場的莊荷可以是承 批公司的人，但公關等員工卻是屬於衛 星場，無疑衛星場在法律上的監管是空 白的。 我自己認為，新法某程度上填補了 法律上的漏洞，而且現時的經濟環境與 過去大有不同。 IAG：立法會認為6月26日將通過《博彩 法》的修法，對於6月26日前通過《博 彩法》的看法，Ryan有何意見？ Ryan:： 新的《博彩法》一定要在6月26 日前通過，原因六大博企的賭牌都在今 年6月26日到期，雖然他們都提交了續 期申請，但對於新或舊的競投者，他們 需要一定時間去準備競投賭牌的文件。