Inside Asian Gaming

IAG MAY 2023年5月 亞博匯 52 COLUMNISTS Online casinos can present a heightened AML risk. 線上賭場可能會帶來更高的 反洗錢風險。 themselves provide an array of technological advantages to conceal player identities, from the use of unregulated digital currencies to proxy servers that can hide player locations. The introduction of digital financial products as the only medium of exchange significantly enhances those risks. There are several options for making online payments, including most notably credit cards and various alternative payment systems. The developing trend involving alternative payment methods for online casinos has materialized around cryptocurrencies, which are decentralized virtual currencies, meaning they neither exist in the physical world like cash, nor do they involve a bank, middleman or credit card company. As with other alternative payment methods, cryptocurrencies can provide layers of anonymity 沒有任何真正的現金轉手，所以監管機 構很難追蹤整個資金流。 博彩網站本身亦會提供大量先進科 技手段，讓玩家隱藏身分。從使用不受 監管的數碼貨幣，到以虛擬伺服器隱藏 玩家所在地。以數碼金融產品作為唯一 交易媒介，也大大增加了相關風險。在 網上付款方面，其實就有多個選項，包 括最為人熟悉的信用卡和其他替代的支 付系統等。 在發展為網上博彩所採用的替代 支付方式上，趨勢似乎都向著加密貨幣 這種去中心化的虛擬貨幣發展，這亦代 表它不像現金一樣，存在於現實世界之 中，也未牽涉銀行、中間人或信用卡公 司。正如其他替代的付款方式一樣，加 密貨幣可以增加匿名及隱藏程度，令它 們對於洗黑錢、恐怖主義融資及金融犯 罪罪犯十分有吸引力。 結語 各地政府在私人界別的幫助下，對 於保證反洗黑錢合規做法在博彩業界中 落實的這一場硬仗，並不會終結。實際 上，落實各種反洗黑錢監管措施，已經 成為了亞洲各地政府的一項首要工作。 and secrecy that make them highly attractive targets for use in money laundering, terrorist financing and financial crime. CONCLUSION The fight by governments, assisted by the private sector, to assure AML compliance in the gaming industry is not going away. In fact, efforts to implement AML controls are becoming a higher priority for governments throughout Asia.