Inside Asian Gaming

IAG NOV 2022年11月 亞博匯 119 潛龍五將 Founder Vallibel One President and Group CEO Sega Sammy Holdings 創辦人 Vallibel One 總裁及集團行政總裁 世嘉颯美控股 DHAMMIKA PERERA HARUKI SATOME 里見治紀 IN A MOVE that shocked many, Sri Lankan billionaire Dhammika Perera stepped down as Chairman of Vallibel One – and many of his other companies – in June ahead of a move into national politics. The 54-year-old was sworn into the Sri Lankan cabinet by new President Gotabaya Rajapaksa with a mandate to use his business skills to help attract foreign investment into the country and grow its struggling economy. Sri Lanka had only a month earlier defaulted on US$51 billion in foreign debt. Nevertheless, Perera remains the largest stakeholder in the country’s casino industry, holding three of its five casino licenses and operating Bally’s Colombo, Bellagio Colombo and The Ritz Club. JAPAN’S SEGA SAMMY HOLDINGS saw its hopes of operating an integrated resort on home soil dashed last year when its preferred location of Yokohama pulled out the IR race. Nevertheless, the pachinko industry supplier and games developer maintains a 45% stake in Paradise City, located in Incheon, South Korea, and looks set to continue looking for expansion opportunities under its President and Group CEO, Haruki Satomi. Haruki was elevated into the senior leadership role in 2021 by his father and company founder, Hajime Satomi, who retains the role of Chairman and Representative Director. 今年6月 ，斯里蘭卡億萬富翁Dhammika Perera作出令許多人感到震驚的 舉動，他辭去在Vallibel One以及其多家公司的董事長職務，因他開始涉 足國家政治。 Perera現年54歲，在斯里蘭卡新總統戈塔巴雅·拉賈帕克薩監誓下， 成為斯里蘭卡政府內閣一員，其任務是利用商業技能來協助國家吸引外國 投資，並刺激該國疲憊的經濟。一個月前，斯里蘭卡拖欠的510億美元外 債違約。 儘管如此，Perera仍然是該國博彩業最大的利益相關者。在該國五張 賭牌中，他持有三張賭牌，經營著賭場Bally’s Colombo、Bellagio Co- lombo和 The Ritz Club。 日本企業 世嘉颯美控股希望在本土經營綜合度假村的美夢去年幻滅了，因 為其首選地點橫濱退出了日本IR牌照競賽。儘管如此，這企作為彈珠機供 應商和遊戲開發商，仍持有位於韓國仁川的百樂達斯城的45%股權，並有 望在其總裁及集團行政總裁里見治紀的領導下繼續尋找業務擴張的機會。 里見治紀於2021年從其父親和公司創始人里見治手上接任資深管理層 的職務，里見治則保留了公司主席及代表董事的職務。