This is a guest contribution by Boyd Peters. If you would like to submit a contribution please contact Bill Beatty for submission details. Thank you.

“We are going to get a bigger slice of a bigger pie” said the stranger in a blue suit, attracting my interest. After all, the junket industry was shrinking and the regulators were making it harder to have a seat at the table. The sky is falling, right?

I explained that I was not in the gaming industry, and was in Macau to speak to investors. “And neither are we” he replied, and with that I was hooked.

My new friend wanted me to change the lives of 12 people – the children of some of their VIP, studying in Australian Universities. As he explained Macau is undergoing reinvention and they were looking at ways to enhance their offering for some of their clients.