Industry
January 4, 2023
Number of Licensed Junkets in Macau Continues to Decline
The crackdown on junkets amid alleged ties with criminal organizations started late in 2021. Back then, Alvin Chau, who used to be the CEO of the popular junket Suncity Group was arrested. Then, early last year, Tak Chun Group’s CEO was also apprehended over alleged ties to criminal organizations and illegal gambling. Number of Licensed […]
Casino
January 3, 2023
Macau’s Three-Day New Year’s Visitation Numbers Disappointed
Macau international visitation numbers during the three-day New Year’s holiday from December 31, 2022, to January 2, 2023, plunged compared to the same period in the year before. Down between 33% and 42% The Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China saw an aggregate of around 62,000 tourists for the holiday, bringing the total number of […]
Legal
January 2, 2023
Gambling Concessionaires in Macau to Pay New Casino Floor Fee
The taxation of gambling plays an important part in the regulation of the activity and raises invaluable revenue for local and country-wide initiatives. Currently, gambling operators in Macau pay a 35% tax on their gross gaming revenue. The operators are due to pay another 5% of their gross gaming revenue in the form of tax […]
Business
January 2, 2023
Sands China Set to Hand Out Discretionary Allowance to 99% of Staff
After announcing a series of changes that would help it comply with Macau’s gaming regulation upgrades at the beginning of December, Las Vegas Sands’ Macau-located arm, Sands China Ltd, has prepared a discretionary allowance for 23,000 of its employees. All eligible full-time staff members will receive the payment on January 18 as a token of […]
Industry
January 2, 2023
Macau Sees GGR Plunge by 50% in 2022
The numbers reflect the continued pressure that uncertain regulation and reemerging COVID-19 outbreaks applied on the industry, nobbling concessionaires’ ability to run their business as usual and drive meaningful results from gaming operations. Macau Clocks Its Worst Year Since 2004 Gross gaming revenue was posted at MOP$42.2 billion for the full year, or roughly around […]
Industry
January 2, 2023
Macau Hopes to See Visitations Go Up to 40,000 a Day
The economy may be in the doldrums, but Macau has a plan – it involves dramatically increasing the number of tourists who come to visit the Special Administrative Region in 2023. This has been confirmed by Maria Helene de Senna Fernandes, the head of Macau’s Government Tourism Office. Tourism in Macau Braced to Pick Up […]
Industry
December 22, 2022
Morgan Stanley: Macau GGR to Surpass $22B in 2027
Macau’s gross gaming revenues have taken quite a hit. The COVID-19 pandemic and the sporadic resurgence of the virus have devastated the tourism sector in the special administrative region, by extension greatly impacting gambling. Analysts were somewhat hopeful about the industry’s recovery in the second half of 2022 but sadly, it continued to underperform despite […]
Casino
December 20, 2022
MGM Resorts to Invest $2B in Macau Following New Concession
International casino operator MGM Resorts has announced its plans to invest two extra billion in its Grand Paradise casino in Macau, China. Despite the recent setbacks experienced by the special administrative region’s gaming industry, MGM Resorts continues to firmly believe in the region’s potential. MGM Resorts Will Support Its Macau Subsidiary MGM Resorts’ Chinese subsidiary, […]
Business
December 19, 2022
Wynn Macau to Invest $2.2B Following Changes in Concessions
Wynn Macau Spending Big Wynn Macau announced it’s planning an investment of MOP17.8 billion (approximately $2.22 billion) in the special administrative region (SAR). A big piece of these investments is going to be focused on expanding revenue through non-gaming enterprises. This is a general trend that’s expected, as the SAR announced that broadening their non-gaming […]
Industry
December 19, 2022
Macau Casino Concessionaires Sign Contracts for the Next 10 Years
On December 16, Representatives of Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd., MGM China Holdings Ltd., Sands China Ltd., Wynn Macau Ltd., Melco Resorts & Entertainment Ltd., and SJM Holdings Ltd. and the Macau authorities attended an official ceremony where they signed their license contracts for the next 10-year period. The official event was followed by press conferences […]
