Inside Asian Gaming

IAG JAPAN JUN 2020 4 JUN 2020年 6月 CONTENTS 目次 IN FOCUS 38 Size matters While Japan still battles with concerns over IRs sparking an increase in gambling addiction, past experience suggests the opposite is true. FEATURES 62 Community care amid corona Macau’s Galaxy Entertainment Group and Europe’s SBM have been among the industry’s leading lights during the global COVID-19 pandemic. JAPAN 52 On with the show Suncity Group is looking to expand its film and entertainment arm, Sun Entertainment Culture, into Japan. COLUMNISTS 74 Key factors for recovery from COVID-19 The Innovation Group details some of the key factors that will influence the timing and speed of recovery for Asia’s gaming industry. COLUMNISTS 46 Reform to perform GMA’s Brendan D. Bussmann examines the rare opportunity, provided by the shutdown of services in the Philippines for COVID-19, for PAGCOR to revisit regulation of offshore gaming operators. JAPAN 68 Ambition of a top dealer With the prospect of a post-COVID world beckoning in Japan, a new casino school was opened in Osaka in May. The enterprising mind behind it is 37-year-old Hiroshi “Rocky” Katagiri. JAPAN 56 Addiction friction Noriko Tanaka, a former problem gambler and representative of Japan’s Council to Consider Problem Gambling, offers her thoughts on the issue of problem gambling in Japan. 82 EVENTS CALENDAR Daily Briefs 10 Cover photo by: 出典 : Chan Hin Io 陳顯耀