Inside Asian Gaming

IAG SEP 2022年9月 亞博匯 102 10 YEARS AGO I t seems appropriate, given that Inside Asian Gaming only recently announced City of Dreams Manila as venue for the 15th Asian Gaming Power 50 Gala Dinner, to look back at the 2012 Power 50 which was our cover story in September a decade ago. Proving that some things are built to last, taking top spot in 2012 was the same man who continues to lead the way today, Galaxy Entertainment Group’s Vice Chairman Francis Lui. With the opening of Galaxy Macau having propelled GEG towards the top of Macau’s revenue pie, Lui’s words at the time appear quite prophetic as he told IAG , “If there is a person who knows what the Chinese customer will look like in the next five or 10 years, it is probably someone like me who has been there doing business in China, seeing them evolving.” Lui pipped the late Sheldon Adelson for the No 1 spot in 2012, while some other familiar faces round out the top five with Genting’s Lim Kok Thay ranking 有 鑒於《亞博匯》剛 剛宣佈將在新濠天 地（馬尼拉）舉辦 第1 5屆「亞博匯 50強」正裝晚宴， 不妨讓我們回顧一下十年之前的九月封 面，回看2012年的「亞博匯50強」。 事實證明有些事情是經久不衰的， 一如銀河娛樂集團副主席呂耀東早在 2012年便登頂50強的榜首。時至今日他 依舊獨佔鰲頭傲視群雄。隨著澳門銀河 的開業，銀娛登上了澳門收入的頭把交 椅。呂耀東在當年就頗有預見性的告訴 《亞博匯》：「如果有人可以預測未來 五至十年的中國客人會是甚麼樣子，那 可能就是我這樣的一直在中國做生意的