Inside Asian Gaming

IAG JAN 2022年1月 亞博匯 11 請登錄asgam.com訂閱《亞博匯早報》 Sign up to receive IAG Breakfast Briefing at asgam.com SUNCITY JUNKET BUSINESS OFFICIALLY CLOSES 太陽城正式結束博彩中介業務 INWHAT WAS a truly momentous yet not unexpected turn of events, December saw the end of an era when Sun City Gaming Promotion Company Limited, the Suncity company licensed by the Macau government to provide VIP gaming promotion services, officially announced the complete cessation of its business. The announcement came in the form of a letter from the company to its employees, which was widely distributed on the internet. The announcement ends the junket promotion activity of Suncity, formerly the undisputed king of VIP casino gaming promotion throughout Macau, Asia and the world, and follows the arrest and detainment without bail of the company’s sole shareholder, Alvin Chau, who is awaiting trial for alleged criminal association, illegal gambling and money laundering. Founded in 2007, with its first VIP room at StarWorld on the Macau peninsula, the Suncity junket business had a run of 14 years. During the peak of Suncity’s junket empire, it had as many as 17 VIP rooms in Macau, as well as rooms in the Philippines, Cambodia and as far afield as Australia – and was single-handedly responsible for as much as a third of Macau’s world record- breaking GGR. 12月 ，獲澳門政府授權進行貴賓博彩業務 推廣的太陽城博彩中介一人有限公司宣佈 正式結束營運，意味著一個時代的終結。 該份公告以員工函件形式發佈，意 味著太陽城終結了其貴賓博彩推廣業務。 該業務曾令到太陽城成為澳門、亞洲乃至 全球無可爭議的貴賓博彩業霸主。此前該 公司唯一股東周焯華被澳門司法警察因涉 嫌「不法經營賭博、犯罪集團及清洗黑錢 罪」而被捕，並不得保釋。 太陽城中介業務成立於2007年，第 一間貴賓會設在澳門半島的星際酒店，迄 今已有14年。在太陽城的鼎盛時期，其在 澳門擁有多達17間貴賓會，業務範圍覆蓋 至菲律賓、柬埔寨以及澳洲，並一舉貢獻 了澳門創紀錄的博彩總收入的約三分之一 強。