Inside Asian Gaming

IAG JAPAN NOV 2021 34 What countries count as Asia? As west as India, as south as New Zealand, as east as Saipan and as north as Mongolia. What about non-operators who have a strong voice in the industry, like regulators, media commentators, analysts, academics, suppliers, consultants, gaming lawyers and so on? We looked at the power wielded by these types of people and careful consideration concluded firstly that it was impossible to include regulators (PAGCOR’s Andrea Domingo earned her position on the list purely as an operator, not a regulator). Likewise, even taking the power of people in all the other categories into account, it was only direct operators who made it into the top 50. Here are some other questions that have arisen during the selection process: 選定プロセス中に生じた他の質問は以下の通り。 2021 POWER 50 How do you pick between the owner/CEO and the COO of a company? Many gaming companies have a charismatic and entrepreneurial owner/CEO and a perhaps more seasoned and level-headed gaming professional in charge as President and/or COO. By default, being an owner necessarily ranks many more Power Score points. After all, the owner can always force an appointed COO out of his job. But in some cases a hired COO can be even more powerful than their “boss” when the owner delegates a very large proportion of decision making responsibility. The answer is decided on a case by case basis.