Inside Asian Gaming

February 2008 | INSIDE ASIAN GAMING 33 Cover Story no choice but to lower their minimum bet from HK$100 to HK$50? How will you compete then?’” Mr Park does not think casino operators in Macau will ever introduce significant numbers of baccarat tables with minimum bets below HK$100, because at that level, with labour costs so high,“there is no reason to actually go and launch that table to begin with.” Any tables with minimum bets below HK$100 would be “loss leaders in order to bring in people, so they’ll go and play other games. But in that case, the casinos are really crossing their fingers that those people who are betting less than HK$100 per hand are going to go and lose money somewhere else,” argues Mr Park.“How are you going to justify paying somebody HK$15-16,000 per month in salary, and you’ve got a table with a minimum bet of less than HK$100? It doesn’t make sense.” The opening of the Paradise Casino saw the introduction of the company’s Paradise Box™, the second generation terminal for its LIVE Baccarat system.The Paradise Box is the result of the company’s quest to provide products responsive to the needs of players in Macau and the rest of the region. The Paradise Box is an attempt to The Paradise Box™