Macau casino shares experienced a positive boost after the chief executive of Macau, Ho Lat-Seng, announced that Macau is going to accept tourist groups from mainland China again starting in November. Macau Casino Stocks Surge as COVID Travel Restrictions Are Relaxed Bloomberg reported that its Intelligence gauge tracking Macau’s six casino operators that have casino […]
China’s fight against the Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) continues. Joining forces with Philippine law enforcement, Chinese authorities reaffirmed their commitment to ending illegal gambling and fighting POGOs-related crimes. Now, a new report reveals that China’s relations with the Philippines may be harmed by crimes related to illegal gambling. Chinese Ambassador Warns about Impact of POGO-Related Crimes […]
At the end of July, the Macao SAR Government announced a new public tender round for casino concessions for the next 10-year period. According to their newly implemented guidelines, operators will be able to compete for six licenses of up to ten years. The application period ended on 14 September with seven potential applicants, meaning […]
China’s Covid Zero policy continues to hamper Macau’s post-pandemic recovery. The special administrative region’s gambling market continues to show subpar financial results, and experts are not optimistic about its prospects. This uncertainty has prompted several key casino suppliers to jump ship and relocate to Singapore and the Philippines, where operators have recorded substantially better growth. […]
Finance expert Bernstein has once again commented on the situation of Macau’s gambling market. This time, the firm’s analysts discussed the special administrative region’s slight daily revenue growth. Umansky and Yang Don’t Buy the Optimism Vitaly Umansky and Shirley Yang, two finance experts at Bernstein, explained that during September’s first four days, Macau’s gross gaming […]
China continues to project regional dominance in matters that involve its citizens who travel to neighboring countries to gamble. On Monday, the Chinese Embassy in Thailand said that it had received pleas from Chinese nationals who were involved in cross-border gambling and who had, as a result, suffered property and safety damages. China Continues to […]
This year has been very important for the gambling industry in Macau. It’s been two years since the country basically closed its borders to outsiders, and lockdowns during the height of the pandemic meant businesses were severely crippled. As part of its preparations to recover, Macau has made some significant changes in its legislation, which […]
Macau finally has some good news to announce. International borders in the Special Administrative Region will be reopened starting on Thursday. This comes after almost two full years of shuttered borders which began in early 2020, blocking the outside world from accessing Macau. Macau Tries to Live with Covid-19 A total of 41 country non-residents […]
The dismantlement of mass junket operations in Macau has had an expected consequence – an increase in overall unemployment. In the first months of the junket clampdown, former employees of those businesses reported that they had experienced a steep decline in their finances and were struggling to adapt and find new jobs. This is not […]
Macau’s government has announced the new threshold for minimum revenue casino operators in the region must reach in 2023. The threshold is set to MOP$45.6 billion ($564 million) and it is similar to the 2022 levels. The chosen amount is considered fairly easy to reach and selected as a means of offering relief in the […]
