“The seeming reality is the majority of the millennial generation is only going to play a slot-styled game as a person against the casino when there is nothing else to do and they cannot get a cell or wifi signal. What they will do is gather in a group and take on another group, or become a part of a new group vs. another group and play team vs. team either for fun or money.”
—“The Analyst,” the anonymous industry columnist for Gaming Today, on why millennials will not warm up to the traditional slot-machine experience
“The global gaming industry (as well as the general public) is well aware that the yakuza have been active in gambling activities in Japan, which mandates an aggressive approach. There can be no association with organized crime at all.”
—Report on Japan gaming, compiled by the International Gaming Institute of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas
“Why not just recognize that we are already the world center of tourism and that Macau has established its own advantages? We need to stop pushing to spend more money on diversification.”
—Alvin Chau, CEO, Suncity Group, who says Macau is sufficiently diverse and the government should encourage, not limit, growth of the gaming industry
