Inside Asian Gaming

IAG JAN 2023年1月 亞博匯 42 COVER STORY as a positive move, with the issue discussed at length during a panel session organized by Inside Asian Gaming at August’s Australasian Gaming Expo in Sydney. “It’s a very good decision,” explained Peter Cohen, former head of Victoria’s gaming regulator and an advisor to the Singapore government on regulatory matters. “The idea of having a separate casino regulator, separate from your other gaming regulators, is a problem, and the reason it’s a problem is that your standalone casino regulator is more easily captured by the casino operator – not deliberately – but the inspectors can get too close to the casinos they regulate. “If you have a diverse regulator who regulates casinos and betting on horses and [fruit] machine venues, you can rotate your inspectors and you get less opportunity for those people to be captured by the casino industry. “By combining them you can spread them around, diversify their skill set. They are more engaged as a work-force and you get a better regulator.” Jamie Nettleton, Gambling, Commercial and IP Partner at Addison’s law firm, agrees. “I think the Singapore model is one where, in my view, they got it right in the regulation of casinos when they set it up, and they are right to revert to the model it is now,” he said. “That's good policy and they’ve taken a long time to make sure they get it right.” 員。如果將他們綜合起來聯動，便可以 加強他們的技能，令他們作為更投入的 勞動力，這樣就可以得到更好的監管機 構。」 Addisons Lawyers的合夥人兼博 彩領域專家Jamie Nettleton對此表示讚 同。 「在我看來，新加坡採取的模式是 正確的。他們在建立賭場時就做了很好 的監管，改為目前的模式也很好。他們 花了很長時間來確保他們做出正確的決 策。」