Inside Asian Gaming

IAG NOV 2022年11月 亞博匯 41 2022 亞博匯50強 What countries count as Asia? The Power 50 list covers the entire IAG APAC coverage region, which we define broadly as approximately one-third of the globe – from Kazakhstan to the International Date Line. What about non-operators who have a strong voice in the industry, like regulators, media commentators, analysts, academics, suppliers, consultants, gaming lawyers and so on? Over the years we have carefully considered the power wielded by leaders in these industry sectors and concluded firstly that it was impossible to include regulators (PAGCOR’s Alex Tengco earned his position on the list purely as an operator, not a regulator). Likewise, even taking the power of people in all the other sectors into account, it was only direct operators who made it into the top 50. How do you pick between the owner/CEO and the COO of a company? Many gaming companies have a charismaticandentrepreneurial owner/CEO and a perhaps more seasoned and level-headed gaming professional in charge as President and/or COO. By default, being an owner necessarily ranks many more Power Score points. After all, the owner can always force an appointed COO out of his job. But in some instances, a hired COO can effectively wield more power than their “boss” when the owner delegates a very large proportion of decision- making responsibility. The answer is decided on a case-by- case basis. Here are some other questions that have arisen during the selection process: 評選過程中，我們經常會遇到如下問題： 哪些國家算亞洲? 「50強」榜單幾乎覆蓋整個亞太地區， 從哈薩克斯坦到換日線，幾乎覆蓋全球 約三分之一地區。 哪些屬於博彩業內擁有相當影響力的非 營運商呢？例如監管機構、媒體評論 員、分析師、學者、供應商、顧問、博 彩律師等， 是否將他們計⼊？ 多年以來，評審團研究了所有人的權 能，但經過慎重考慮後得出的結論是， 不可能將監管機構包括在內(PAGCOR的 Alex Tengco之所以出現在榜單上是因為 純粹將其視為營運商而非監管機構)。在 考慮了所有其他領域代表的權能之後， 只有直接的營運商才能進入50強。 如何在公司的所有者/首席執行官和首席 營運官之間進行選擇？ 許多博彩公司都有一位富有魅力和 創業精神的所有者/創始人/行政總裁， 以及一位或許更加老練和冷靜的博彩專 業人士擔任總裁和/或營運總裁。通常情 況下，作為所有者將會獲得更高的權能 指數，畢竟，擁有者總是有權迫使一位 指定的營運總裁離職。但某些情況下， 當擁有者將很大一部分決策責任下放給 行政總裁時，後者可能比他們的「老 闆」有更大權力。答案要視具體情況而 定。