Inside Asian Gaming

IAG SEP 2022年9月 亞博匯 18 NSW MOVE TOWARDS STANDALONE CASINO REGULATOR DEEMED RISKY 澳洲新州獨立賭場監管機構被認為存在風險 THE FORMER HEAD of Victoria’s state gaming regulator has warned that a move by New South Wales to establish a standalone casino regulator presents a significant risk in how the responsibility is managed. Speaking on a panel organized and moderated by Inside Asian Gaming at the AGE Summit – part of the Australasian Gaming Expo – Peter Cohen, who was Executive Commissioner and CEO of the Victorian Commission for Gambling Regulation between 2002 and 2010, described the idea of having a dedicated casino regulator separated from other gambling regulations as problematic. “The idea of having a casino regulator separate from the rest of your gambling regulators is a problem, and the reason it’s a problem is because your standalone casino regulator is more easily captured by the casino industry,” Cohen said. “Not deliberately, but your inspectors get too close to the people they regulate. If you have a diverse regulator – one that regulates casinos and betting on horses and poker machine venues – you can rotate your inspectors and you get less opportunity for those people to be captured by the casino industry. “The second problem with the casino-only model is that the inspectors get bored, and when they get bored they do silly things. By combining them you can spread them around, diversify their skill set, make them more engaged as a workforce and you then get a better regulator.” 澳洲 維多利亞州博彩監管機構前負責人警告說，新南 威爾斯州建立獨立賭場監管機構的舉措，在監管責任 方面存在重大風險。 在澳洲博彩展會AGE論壇環節的一場小組會議 上，曾在2002年至2010年間擔任維州博彩監管委員 會執行委員兼首席執行官的Peter Cohen表示，將專 門的賭場監管機構與其他博彩規範機構分開的想法存 在問題。 早前，新州政府因應Bergin對皇冠集團的調查結 果，宣佈成立新的獨立賭場委員會NICC，該機構將 取代目前的獨立酒類和博彩管理局（ILGA）的部分職 能。 Cohen表示：「將賭場監管機構與其他博彩規範 機構分開的想法是錯誤的，因為獨立的賭場監管機構 更容易被博彩行業所影響。」 「未必是故意的，但是監管人員和被他們監管的 人員走得太近了。如果有一個多元化的監管機構便更 理想，譬如一個同時監管賭場、賽馬及撲克牌機場地 的監管機構，還可以輪換監察人員。」 「只有賭場模式的第二個問題是，監管人員在無 聊時可能會做一些不經大腦的事情。但如果將他們綜 合起來聯動，可以加強他們的技能，令他們作為勞動 力更為投入，然後就可以成為更好的監管機構。」