DOUBTS ABOUT JAPAN’S GAZA BLOODSHED SPURS CASINOS REMAIN GLOBAL WORRY A panel included in the MORPHEUS Israel faced a growing backlash Global Gaming Expo (G2E) TO OPEN ON a day after Israeli troops killed 59 addressed the “future of JUNE 15 Palestinians and wounded more gaming” in Asia than 2,700 P2,7 P4 P15 WED.16 May 2018 T. 25º/ 31º C H. 65/ 95% facebook.com/mdtimes + 11,000 MOP 8.00 3048 N.º HKD 10.00 FOUNDER & PUBLISHER Kowie Geldenhuys EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Paulo Coutinho www.macaudailytimes.com.mo “ THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN’ ” WORLD BRIEFS SENTENCE ON MAY 29 AP PHOTO MP demands jail THAILAND An editor at an English-language newspaper in Thailand P3 said yesterday he has been sidelined for term for Sou, Chiang refusing to tone down coverage critical of the country’s military ZHU JULIE government. 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US-IRAN The Trump administration is Ma sentenced designating the head of Iran’s central bank as a terrorist and hitting him with sanctions intended for leaking to further isolate Iran from the global financial system. information P11 More on backpage 16.05.2018 wed 2 MACAU 澳聞 WWW.MACAUDAILYTIMES.COM.MO of a “VIP-only” casino system may cause some issues, but that the major issue will be owner- ship. RENATO MARQUES RENATO “We have [much] experience in Asia where companies do not play well with partners, moreo- ver with multiple partners,” he noted, stating that it is likely that if a local share of investment in the projects occurs, it will come from a bundle of multiple part- ners potentially without a real interest or any experience in the gaming industry. Eric Landheer, executive di- rector, Summit Ascent Holdings and William Shen, Senior Vice President and Managing Di- rector, Korea & Japan, Caesars Entertainment Corp, agreed, saying “the next year or two will be very important in such de- GLOBAL GAMING EXPO finition [of the reaction of the local market and partners] as a [gaming] company can’t just go in as a western corporation without a Japanese partner or Japanese integrated resorts partners,” Shen added. “I think we will [see] this dan- ce […] continue for quite some market still a big question mark time before we actually get […] clarity or ‘marriages’ if you will Renato Marques “potentially the biggest Asian vertsen that the Pachinko indus- The message that Tash wan- between international and Ja- market after Macau.” try has registered a steady decli- ted to send was that if what he panese partners,” Tash added. S part of the Global Gaming On the opposite side was ano- ne recently, saying that it was considers to be an unattractive, Another of the focus points AExpo (G2E) Asia event that ther well-known gaming specia- “in consequence of being under complex gaming system could considered of high relevance kicked-off yesterday at the Ve- list, Alidad Tash, senior vice pre- attack from several politicians.” generate such huge interest, a was that of policy. “Do you have netian’s Cotai Expo, a forum sident of Gaming & Strategy at His view is that Pachinko cons- proper resort and casino shou- a policy environment that is su- was held to address the “future 2NT8 Limited, who said, “I see titutes “anti-social, non-attrac- ld be “even more appealing” for pported of your development? of gaming,” with specific focus this as a huge opportunity,” and tive gaming” that does not even gamblers. Do you have a policy environ- on the Asian markets. noted that Pachinko parlors are allow one to collect cash after As for the most “unresolved” ment that will allow you to grow In the first part of the forum, “very anti-social gaming” pla- one wins, forcing winners to tra- issue regarding the implemen- and to have a respectable return dedicated to North Asia, Japan ces where players are immersed de “gifts like dolls and lighters tation of casino gambling in of investment?” Landheer said, was in the spotlight, with a pa- into an “overwhelming sensorial and others things for money.” Japan, Tash stated that “the recalling the process that led his nel composed of several gaming environment where the music The Pachinko parlors “genera- percentage of foreigner owner- company to establish the first specialists addressing what, in is [too] loud.” He continued, ted last year USD30 billion in ship … [is] for me the biggest resort in Russia’s Far East near their opinions, were the challen- “Everything from this game is revenue, four times that of Las mystery.” He added that other Vladivostok. “That’s my ques- ges and advantages of the deve- completely different from table Vegas [GGR] and only 9 percent issues such as whether using tion; what will be the policy in lopment of integrated resorts in games.” Tash agreed with Go- less than Macau.” junkets or the implementation Japan?” the Japanese market. Although there were several non-consensual and even con- tradictory opinions expressed Moratorium on new licenses in the Philippines by different specialists, in one topic a consensus was reached: there is still a long way to go un- opens doors in Cambodia til a clear definition on how this HE moratorium order recently issued only about 10 minutes drive from the airport. new and potentially enormous Tby Philines president Rodrigo Duter- This way a clear alternative to the currently- Asian market will operate in ter- te, which halts the issue of any further land suspended development of casino resorts in ms of its rules and regulations as development licenses for gaming, opens Boracay, in the Philippines, is created. Panel well as on whether to integrate doors to new developments in the South member Marie Antonette Quiogue, senior MARQUES RENATO the traditional Japanese gam- Asia region, especially in Cambodia, accor- associate at Romulo Lawyers, said there was bling “Pachinko” rooms into the ding to the panel of experts at the second uncertainty in the laws regarding nature new system. part of the forum dedicated to South Asia. conservation in the areas, which might block Gaming analyst Grant Gover- A new regulatory bill regarding Cambodia, potential developments. tsen said, “the tightening of the not yet approved, was introduced by lawyer Questioned as to which market, whether market for games like Pachinko Rui Pinto Proença, a partner of MdME Vietnam or Cambodia, might offer better [which has had its revenues Lawyers, a lawyers office in Macau that was conditions for investment, analyst Ben Rei- drop to about one-third of what involved in the process of creating the bill. chel, executive director at Donaco Inter- they used to be in peak years] Proença noted that, if the changes are national Limited, said Cambodia would be can serve as a warning for the approved, the bill will regulate three different more advantageous. This was due to current need of a clear definition of ru- areas in Cambodia: specifically, the areas government measures enforced by the Viet- les and regulations.” He noted that already have gaming venues, near the namese government relating to the access this as a potential risk for inves- borders with Vietnam and Thailand, but that and oversight of gambling activities by lo- tors interested in investing in the bill will create a “[unique] opportunity cals, which might make Vietnam less attrac- a market that he thinks will be in Asia, with a ‘strip’ by the beach,” located tive in South Asia in the long run. 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