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第十三屆 Asian Gaming inside asian gaming NOV #173 | 45 MOP 2020年 11月 THE 13TH第十三屆 ASIAN GAMING 2020 www.asgam.com NOV CONTENTS2020年 11月 內容 Cover : 封面 Inside Asian Gaming COLUMNISTS 12 Breakfast Briefs 126 How to set up for IR success Former Victorian gaming regulator Peter Cohen discusses the effectiveness of three key methodologies commonly used in the development of new IRs. TECH TALK 136 Shuffle up and deal Scientific Games has added key security and efficiency THE ASIAN GAMING POWER 50 enhancements to its hugely popular ShuffleStar continuous card shuffler. 26 Top of the world Inside Asian Gaming celebrates another eventful year for Asian gaming with the industry’s definitive list of the 50 most powerful people in Asia. TECH TALK 38 Meet the panel! 140 Transcendence Jumbo is aiming to transcend the limitations of the Perhaps the only job tougher than compiling the Asian Gaming COVID-19 pandemic by bringing energy to the market via Power 50 was assembling a panel qualified to choose them. its new Long Yi Fa slot machine series. 48 Meet the 2020 Asian Gaming Power 50! And here it is! This year’s list of the men and women who truly drove the industry forward in 2020. TECH TALK The next 5 114 Bridging the gap These five are the people knocking on the door of the Power 50 144 and those we currently consider the most likely new entrants Dallmeier’s Konrad Hechtbauer explains how casinos can next year. use smart, AI-infused video-based technologies to take the next step forward in moving from analogue to digital 118 Ones to watch processes. These are the people whose star is on the rise, who are in a company worth keeping an eye on or – in some cases – whom we're quite sure we haven't heard the last from. 152 EVENTS CALENDAR 6 IAG NOV 2020年11月 亞博匯 COVER STORY 24 封面故事 The Asian Gaming Power 50 亞博匯50強 IAG celebrates the 13th anniversary of the Asian Gaming Power 50 as we 「亞博匯50強」邁入第十三屆，我們 count down the 50 most influential 以倒數方式陸續揭曉今年的亞洲博 figures in the Asian gaming industry. 彩行業最具影響力的五十位人物。 專欄 12 126 IR成功之道 亞博匯早報 澳洲維多尼亞州前博彩監管負責人Peter Cohen細述在開發 新IR時常用的三種關鍵評估方法 技術談 136 洗 牌！發 牌！ SG遊戲為其大受歡迎的ShuffleStar連續洗牌機加入關鍵安 亞博匯50強 全性功能和提升效率。 26 至尊對決 《亞博匯》再度揭曉亞洲博彩業50位最具影響力人物年度榜單，慶祝 亞洲博彩業不平凡的又一年。 技術談 140 38 評委簡介 超越卓越 尊博科技的目標是通過其最新的龍意發彩金連線老虎機系 也許唯一比評選「亞博匯50強」更困難的工作，就是組建一個有資格 列，打破新冠疫情限制，為市場注入新活力。 評選他們的評審委員會。 48 認識2020年亞博匯50強! 就在這裏！ 今年這份榜單上列出了在2020年真正推動行業向前發展 的各位人士。 114 技術談 潛龍五將 144 以下五位人士只是與50強擦身而過，他們也是我們認為在下一年罪 跨越鴻溝 有機會入圍的候選者之一。 Dallmeier的Konrad Hechtbauer解釋到底娛樂場如何可以 通過運用智慧及融入人工智能的影像科技，從虛擬推向數 碼。 118 未來焦點 有不少業界人士值得我們留意，他們分別 是業界新星，正在具潛力的企業任職，我 們有預感他們未來或有最新動態 152 活動日程 IAG NOV 7 2020年11月 亞博匯 EDITORIAL SALES & MARKETING 編輯 營業及市場 Managing Editor Assistant Vice President Ben Blaschke 執行編輯 of Sales and Business 本思齊 助理副總裁 - 銷售及業務發展 Development Editor at Large 何敬斌 Muhammad Cohen Jadeson Ho Muhammad特邀編輯 Cohen 客戶關係經理 Deputy Editor Client Relationship Oscar Guijarro Manager 副編輯 邱嘉汶 Caroline Iau 金成安 Journalists 記者 行政 Tomo Yamamoto CORPORATE Shintaro Kamimura 山本 智行 上村 慎太郎 董事會副主席兼首席執行官 Vice Chairman and CEO Graphic Designer 卓弈 Ailsa Tang Andrew W Scott 平面設計師 Ailsa Tang Director of Events and 活動及項目總監 Chinese Editor 中文編輯 Projects 萬淑華 Wendi Song 宋文娣 Victoria Man Subeditor 助理編輯 負責人 Ray Granlund Director 威光良 Cynthia Cheang 鄭詩韻 Contributors Carlos撰稿人 Eduardo Coelho Carlos Eduardo Coelho 行政管理人 Sudhir H. Kalé Administrator Sudhir H. Kalé Steve Karoul Ana Fan Steve Karoul 范嘉靜 Dr Glenn McCartney Dr Glenn McCartney Rui Pinto Proença Rui Pinto Proença Director of Accounting 會計及合規總監 Michael Zhu Sue Liang 朱靜瑋 梁瑞歡 廣告查詢 新聞稿 查詢 ADVERTISING ENQUIRIES PRESS RELEASES ENQUIRIES Must Read Publications Jadeson Ho Ben Blaschke [email protected] Must Read [email protected] [email protected] 出版有限公司 +853 6331 5577 +853 2883 6497 | Price MOP$45 母公司是 is a subsidiary of Inside Asian Gaming Macau registered publication number 295 亞博匯 澳門註冊出版號295 Published by Must Read Publications Ltd 由澳門Must Read出版公司出版 Macau registered press company number EP98 澳門註冊新聞公司編號EP98 Printed by 由彩美廣告印務有限公司印刷 Cochin Advertising Printing Service Co., Ltd. EM Macau, Est. Marginal da Ilha Verde, N°S 澳門青州河邊馬路1281-1291號 1281-1291 Kam Loi Kong Ip Tai, Ha 2° Andar H 金來工業大廈2樓H座 www.asgam.com omedia.mo ISSN 2070-7681 8 IAG NOV 2020年11月 亞博匯 EDITORIAL Testing the limits of motherly love series of recent pronouncements by the While none of those destinations were named, Chinese government appear to suggest the Ministry said at the time that the blacklist system that China’s willingness to accept Macau would see travel restrictions imposed on Chinese as a “special case” in the global gambling citizens going to overseas cities and scenic spots Alandscape has reached its limit. named on the blacklist. The prevailing wisdom within the industry, and Fast forward to October and news dropped that specifically for those operating in the tiny Chinese China has been eyeing amendments to its criminal enclave, is that while China strongly opposes gambling law that would make it a new crime for foreign casinos (among other forms), it would rather its citizens to target Chinese players. do so in Macau than nearby Philippines, Vietnam or Both of these reports have been largely dismissed Cambodia. At least that way most of the money stays by analysts as irrelevant to Macau and perhaps even on home soil. of benefit in the long run, because, as brokerage Yet there is no escaping the fact that recent Sanford C Bernstein put it, “Macau is never discussed crackdowns on illegal gambling in China look likely to in terms of ‘overseas’ or ‘foreign’, as Macau is part hurt Macau’s bottom line – in some cases there more of The People’s Republic of China and Macau has a so than in any other jurisdiction. legal casino market that supports much of the city’s The most immediate concern relates to a recently economy and provides much of the government's launched three-year campaign targeting the flow of revenue.” cash out of the mainland using underground banking Yet, according to analysts from Credit Suisse, such systems – a campaign that strikes right at the heart thinking may well be contradicted by recent evidence of Macau’s VIP junket industry. While many believe appearing to show provincial Chinese governments that the days of junkets are numbered anyway, as taking aim at gambling in Macau. operators increasingly move their focus to the higher “Although the crackdown rules have not provided margin premium mass segment, VIP still contributes a clear definition of the meaning of ‘cross-border’, at a substantial amount to the SAR’s coffers. In 2019, for the provincial government level we note that Macau, example, the VIP segment in Macau contributed gross including the junkets, casinos and shadow banking, gaming revenue of US$14 billion – more than double are being named time and again on their list of the entire gaming revenue brought in by Las Vegas crackdowns,” they state. casinos over the same period. At the end of the day, it seems unlikely that China But there may be more for Macau to worry about would see any great benefit in harming the prosperity than just the VIP segment. of Macau, whose rising fortunes over the past two In August, China’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism decades remain a shining beacon of just how the announced that it had established a “blacklist” of cross- mainland’s “One Country, Two Systems” theory is border tourist destinations it said were disrupting the supposed to work. nation’s outbound tourism market by opening casinos But perhaps there are also limits to just how much targeting mainland Chinese customers. goodwill those fortunes can buy. Ben Blaschke Managing Editor We crave your feedback. Please email your comments to [email protected]. www.asgam.com 編者寄語 祖國關懷底線 國內地政府最近發表的一系列消息似乎表明， 雖然文化和旅遊部沒有列出相關目的地名單，但指將 北京對澳門作為全球博彩業「特例」的容忍度 對中國公民前往「黑名單」中的境外城市和景區採取相關 已接近臨界點。 旅遊限制措施。 行業普遍意見，尤其是在這中國國土細小一處 然後來到10月，中國公布《刑法修正案》，包括擬增加 營運賭場的人士認為，雖然北京大力反對賭場博彩（以及其 境外賭場組織及招攬中國公民出境賭博犯罪。 他博彩形式），但當局寧願其公民在澳門而不是鄰近的菲律 市場分析師認為這兩宗消息均與澳門無關，從長遠 賓、越南或柬埔寨賭博。這樣至少大部分金錢仍留在國土上。 來看，澳門甚至可能從中受益，正如投行Sanford C Bern- 中然而，無可否認的是，最近北京打擊非法賭博活動，可能 stein指出，「澳門從未被討論為『海外』或『境外』， 澳門是 會損害到澳門的利益底線，在某些情況下，當中的損害甚至 中華人民共和國的一部分，而澳門擁有合法的賭場博彩 比其他司法管轄區更為嚴重。 市場，大力支持著澳門經濟，並為政府提供顯著的收入。」 最直接的打擊是內地最近啟動了打擊地下錢莊活動之 但瑞信的分析師稱，這想法可能與最近的證據產生矛 計劃，為期三年，防止資金流出內地，這計劃恰好地正中澳門 盾，最近的跡象似乎清楚地表明，中國各省政府擬打擊澳 貴賓廳中介人的業務核心。雖然不少人認為貴賓廳行業正在 門賭博行業。 沒落，因為賭場營運商漸漸地將精力投放到利潤率更高的高 瑞信稱：「雖然相關打壓消息未對『跨境』提供清淅明 端中場，但貴賓廳仍為澳門特區的財政貢獻了相當一部分的 確的定義，但從省政府層面來看，我們注意到包括中介、 收入。例如，澳門貴賓廳2019年的博彩總收入為140億美元， 賭場和影子銀行在內，澳門的名字屢屢出現在相關的打 是同期所有拉斯維加斯賭場的博彩收入的兩倍以上。 擊名單中。」 不過，澳門需要憂慮的或不止於貴賓廳行業。 歸根結底，內地似乎不太可能從打擊澳門繁榮中獲得 今年8月，中國文化和旅遊部宣布建立了跨境賭博旅遊 任何巨大的好處，而澳門在過去二十年間的財富收入增 目的地「黑名單」制度，指有關目的地吸引中國遊客出境賭 長，已成為內地「一國兩制」模式實踐的典範，行穩致遠。 博，擾亂中國出境旅遊市場經營秩序。 但或許，這些財富能換取到的也是有限的。 本思齊 執行編輯 我們樂於聽到您的反饋 [email protected] 請將您的想法發送至 zh.asgam.com 亞博匯早報 BREAKFAST BRIEFS 中國為招攬中國玩家的 海外賭場立新罪名 CHINA TO CREATE NEW CRIME FOR FOREIGN CASINOS TARGETING CHINESE PLAYERS A NEW CRIME CENTERED AROUND organizing and soliciting by 10月中旬，中國全國人大將審議刑法修正 foreign casinos was one of a number of proposed amendments to 案(十一)草案，其中擬修訂賭博犯罪規定，擬 China’s criminal law reviewed by the Standing Committee of China’s 增加境外賭場人員組織、招攬國內公民出境 National People’s Congress in mid-October. 賭博犯罪。 According to a report by state-owned news agency China News 據內地官媒中新網的報道，此項罪行的 Service, the new definition of crimes committed by overseas casinos 設定將特別針對那些尋求吸引中國賭客的 would specifically target those operations looking to lure Chinese 賭場，這項罪名的量刑或與在內地「開設賭 gamblers. There would also be new penalties introduced for “opening 場」罪的程度一致，但目前具體刑罰為何或 a casino” within mainland China, although exactly what any penalties 將如何對其進行處罰尚有待進一步披露。 would be – or how they might be enforced – have yet to be revealed. 據現行法律，情節嚴重的賭博犯罪將 Under current law, serious gambling crimes can attract up to 10 被處五年以上十年以下的有期徒刑，並處罰 years in prison or substantial fines. 金。 The China News Service report said cross-border gambling was 中新社報道指內地的刑法修正案旨在 responsible for “large capital outflow” and caused “serious damage 打擊海外賭場，形容跨境賭博造成「大量資 to the nation’s image and economic security.” 金流失」，「對國家形象和經濟安全造成嚴重 A second reading of the proposed amendment to China’s criminal 影 響 」。 law took place during a five-day session of the Standing Committee of 第十三屆全國人大常委會舉行了為期 the 13th National People’s Congress.
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