Inside Asian Gaming

IAG MAY 2023年5月 亞博匯 80 10 YEARS AGO T he year was 2013, and while Macau had long since surpassed Las Vegas, Nevada as the richest gaming jurisdiction in the world, the Asian IR industry was still young. Yet good judges could see what was coming. In the cover story of IAG ’s April 2013 edition, titled “A continent on the move”, we delved into the details behind a study by Global Betting & Gaming Consultants showing that the 10 largest gaming companies by revenue had a direct involvement inAsia, either as an operator or investor. That growth was naturally led by Macau but also the rise of new gaming jurisdictions across the region such as Singapore, the Philippines and Vietnam. PricewaterhouseCoopers stated at the time that it expected Asia to surpass the US as the world’s leader for revenue growth in 2013, and by 2015 to generate 43% of the global market with revenues of US$79.3 billion. “This trend reflects the fact that demand in Asian countries currently far outstrips supply and that, for the next few years at least, operators and countries that offer further high-quality capacity in the region can be fairly certain that they will soon see it absorbed,” PwC said at the time. This has certainly proven to be the case in places like the Philippines, where the addition of new, high-quality supply has seen industry revenues surge. Once a relatively small regional PricewaterhouseCoopers stated at the time that it expected Asia to surpass the US as the world’s leader for revenue growth in 2013, and by 2015 to generate 43% of the global market with revenues of US$79.3 billion. 普華永道當時表示，預計亞洲會在2013超過 美國成為全球收入增長最快的地區，到2015 年，亞洲的收入將達到793億美元，佔據全 球市場的43%。