Inside Asian Gaming

IAG JAPAN NOV 2020 28 becomes more nuanced. How on earth does one compare the sole owner of a smaller property to the brand new “hired help” COO of a much larger one? How about comparing a large property that is still in pre-opening to a smaller one that has been active for years? A junket operator in Macau versus the CEO of the Hong Kong Jockey Club? Or the head of a smallish casino company about to go public to the President of a casino chain in Korea that doesn’t have locals gaming? These are the types of tough questions the selection panel of the Asian Gaming Power 50 wrestles with. As with any such ranked list, there are always criticisms and objections, usually from those who feel slighted. We often hear claims of not reading the list or not caring about it, but we are often contacted either directly or through surrogates to bemoan the injustice of a perceived lowly position and to lobby for the following year, or in some cases to lobby not to be on the Power 50 list – fearing an appearance places a target on one's back. Strangely, no one has ever contacted us to complain about being ranked too high! DECISIONS We are pleased to welcome back the esteemed members of the Asian Gaming Power 50 judging panel this year, and we thank them for their valuable advice and insights throughout the long process of finalizing our list. You can meet all nine judges in the coming pages. Over the last decade the Asian Gaming Power 50 has become the definitive list of the industry’s most important people, and as such we play a vital role in 2020 POWER 50 The gaming industry lost a legend in 2020 with the passing of Dr Stanley Ho. 2020年、ゲーミング業界は偉大な人物であるスタンレー・ホー博士を失った