Transcript WYNN Macau

WYNN
MACAU
GAMBLING ON THE EDGE OF CHINA
Tue Tran Soraya Feizpour Alex Huynh Chris Coloma
Long Hoang Hung Nguyen
BACKGROUND
 Created in September
2006
 Encore at Wynn Macau
created in April 2010
 600 hotel rooms
 414 hotel rooms
 205,000 sq. ft. gaming
area
 26,000 sq. ft. retail
 22,000 sq. ft. convention
space
 Further space expansion in
December 2007
ECONOMIC
ENVIRONMENT
 Tourism dropped during
recession
 Visitor Volume down 3.7%
 Gaming Revenue down 7.7%
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 Asia Gambling Market=
positive growth
 2009 to 2011 increased
$20,000+ in GDP per capita
GAMBLING MARKET IN ASIA
INTERNAL
ANALYSIS
 Moderately Strong financial
condition
 Growing Net Revenue
 2006 to 2007 up $1,255,262
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 Decreasing Return on Assets
 2006 to 2007 down 9.5%
5-YEAR STOCK TREND
Current Price on Hong Kong Stock Exchange:
$26.25
INDUSTRY VIEW
PORTER’S
5 FORCES
RIVALRY AMONG COMPETITORS - HIGH
 Many competitors already established
 Rivals offer similar product
 High exit cost
THREAT OF ENTRY- LOW
 High capital & resources required
 License required
INDUSTRY VIEW
PORTER’S
5 FORCES
THREAT OF SUBTITUTES- HIGH
 Many other casinos
 Lottery
 Other non-gaming entertainment
BARGAINING POWER OF BUYERMODERATE
 Hotel rooms, food, other entertainment
services
BARGAINING POWER OF SUPPLIERVARIES
 Gaming equipment
 Services & Employment
INSTITUTION VIEW
THEY HELP…
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Institutional forces heavily
influence Macau casinos
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Beijing gave birth to
Macau’s rapid rise
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Macau monopolygambling illegal in the rest
of China
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Chinese economy grows
fastest in the world 
wealthy people w/ money
to spare
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Informal institution: high
demand for gambling
INSTITUTION VIEW
BUT HURT…
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China limits cash takeout per person, per trip
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Big gamblers need to borrow money in Macau
Gambling debts not enforceable in mainland China 
intermediaries known as junkets
INSTITUTION VIEW
JUNKET PROBLEMS
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Casinos Can’t  may compete w/
Expensive  take up to
75% gambling revenue
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Linked to Organized
Crimes  occasional
battles for territory
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Not Transparent 
investigated by
government for money
laundering
Build Relationships w/ Gamblers that
casinos later
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Casinos Still Need Them for VIP
Guests!
INSTITUTION VIEW
BAD STREAK FOR MACAU
 Chinese economy slows down
 Beijing cracks down on corruption
 Long-term reduction in gambling revenue
 Macau placed cap on # of gambling tables allowed
 Aimed at reducing gambling-based revenue
INSTITUTION VIEW
WYNN MANEUVERS
 Young entrant in the
gambling market
 Hesitant to employ junkets

Now reliant on junkets to
pull VIP customers
 Closely watched by US
Authorities under Foreign
Corrupt Practices Act
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More regulatory layers
INSTITUTION VIEW
CORRUPTION OR “GREASE”
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Wynn granted land rights to $4 billion project in
Cotai, 2012
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Included payment of $50 million to local
company co-owned by:
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Edmund Ho, close associate of former Macau top
official
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Prominent family in Beijing
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No accusations of wrongdoing from US
authorities
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Still under investigation by Macau anticorruption
RESOURCE VIEW
RESOURCE VIEW
VRIO FRAMEWORK
Key Competitive VRIO Advantages
 Value
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Luxury products & services that come second to none
 Imitability
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Retention of high-end customers w/ world class service
 Organization
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Well-established reputable company backed by Steve Wynn
INTERNATIONALIZING
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Asian culture’s favorable
view & Chinese
government’s harsh
restriction on gambling
 huge obstacle for
expansion
High demand for sport
event outcomes  public
attention & government
restrains sport gambling
market entrance
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Expand traditional casino gambling 
avoid shortage of labor & competition
INTERNATIONALIZING
RECOMMENDATIONS
1. Concentrate on developing non-gaming
services
 Drop in gambling revenue
 China track down corruption, decrease in VIP
Customers
 Establishment of Encore Macau
2. Marketing Towards Middle-Class Chinese
 Chinese has fastest growing middle class
RECOMMENDATIONS
3. Training Program for Employees
 Macau staff is relatively new & inexperienced
 Need proper training
 Maintain brand image & top quality
4. Special Training Program for Board
Members
 Complete reliance on Steve Wynn
SUMMARY
 Background, Economic
Environment, & Internal
Analysis
 Industry-Based View
 Institution-Based View
 Resource-Based View
 Internationalizing
 Recommendations