Inside Asian Gaming

IAG JUN 2023年6月 亞博匯 46 COVER STORY use of a great brand like SBM Monte Carlo and partner with the skill set that we have at Galaxy to do great things. We were not just expecting a dividend payout, it was more a strategic partnership. AWS: My last question is a little bit out of the box. Thinking back to the liberalization 20 years ago, there were six companies effectively on an equal footing. Then the starter’s gun went off and the six companies did what they did. Here we are 21 years later and it’s painfully obvious that there are two companies, Galaxy and Sands, who now possess an oversized market share compared to the other four. Why? FL: I don’t really look into market share that much. I think it’s nice at the end of the day that we have a more significant part of the market, but for me it’s about how we utilize the resources we have in hand to make the best out of it. We are fortunate we have this piece of land, and I had a vision about how to make use of this land to ensure we could cope with the market, the evolving market, such that the customer would come. This is what is driving us to be successful. Even at that time [21 years ago] we were planning and asking ourselves: what will the