Inside Asian Gaming

IAG NOV 2022年11月 亞博匯 26 2022 POWER 50 W hen the Asian Gaming Power 50 was first published in 2008, we could never have imagined that some 15 years later it would have developed into one of the most anticipated releases on the Asian gaming calendar – with its very own glamorous black-tie dinner to boot. This is the first year we have held the Power 50 Black Tie Gala Dinner outside Macau. The COVID-zero policy affecting Macau so badly was a factor, but we had been considering such a move for some time anyway. After all, it’s the Asian Gaming Power 50 so why not rotate the industry’s night of nights around the region? Manila was an obvious location for our first Power 50 Black Tie Gala Dinner outside Macau, given the Philippine industry's booming growth not only in Manila’s Entertainment City but also in Clark and Cebu. What began as a fun and innovative look at those who make our industry tick has evolved into an important annual insight anxiously awaited by all. Compiling the Asian Gaming Power 50 list is an intriguing, demanding, educational and exhausting task yet one that comes with enormous responsibility, as the Power 50 has become the undisputed and definitive guide to the “big end of town.” Ranking the big boys (and girls) from 1 to 50 is a difficult challenge at the best of times, but one made evenmore difficult 當 「亞博匯50強」於 2 0 0 8年首次發佈 時，我們絕對想不 到在15年後，其會 發展成亞洲博彩行 業備受期待的發佈之一，並且現在還有 了迷人的正裝晚宴。 今年是我們第一次在澳門以外的地 區舉辦「亞博匯50強」正裝晚宴，對 澳門造成嚴重影響的清零政策是原因之 一，但事實上我們考慮這樣做也頗有一 段時日。畢竟，活動覆蓋的是亞洲的50 強，所以為何不在亞洲地區的不同地點 輪流舉辦呢？馬尼拉顯然是「亞博匯50 強」正裝晚宴走出澳門的首選之地，畢 竟除了馬尼拉娛樂城之外，克拉克及宿 霧也都在蓬勃發展。 最初我們還在以一種有趣及創新的 目光審視那些令我們的行業運轉起來的 人物，但現在它已經演變成一項重要的 年度洞見、令所有人翹首以盼。評審「 亞博匯50強」是一項有趣、艱鉅、令人 獲益而又殫精竭力的任務，同時也伴隨 著重大的責任，畢竟這個榜單已經成為 無可爭議的權威性指南。 即便在最好的情況下，給各位業 內人士從1到50排名都是一項艱難的挑