Macau
Mass market dominance grows in Macau Q1
Macau’s Q1 gross gambling revenue breakdown clearly shows the mass market pulling ahead of the VIP sector, which is struggling to recover from the double-whammy of Covid and policy pressures in China.
Macau sees travel demand from China in May Golden Week
Chinese bookings for Macau during the five day Golden Week holiday in May are up 20 percent over 2019 levels, according to Trip.com.
Macau’s mass market baccarat half of GGR in Q1
Mass market baccarat accounted for 51 percent of Macau's gross gambling revenue in the first quarter of this year, according to figures released by the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau.
Macau to reduce blue cards if unemployment continues rise
Macau Labor Affairs Bureau (DSAL) deputy director believes there will be fewer blue-card holders in Macau if the unemployment rate continues to rise. The last time unemployment was this high was around 2009-2011, shortly after the global financial crisis. Chan added that some industries will suffer more than others.
Gaming focus, China policies constrain Macau credit rating
Macau's narrow economic base and its high concentration of tourists from China restrain the city's credit rating and have contributed to historically high levels of gross domestic product volatility, Fitch Ratings says.
Macau Q1 gaming tax revenue drops by half
Macau's tax revenue take from its gambling industry fell by 50 percent in Q1 to MOP9.1 billion ($1.14 billion), according to the Financial Services Bureau.
Macau outlook raised to stable by Fitch
Fitch Ratings has given a vote of confidence to the recovery in Macau, revising its outlook on the special administrative region to stable from negative.
MGM organizes green buildings development seminar
MGM recently held the “Seminar on Technology Application and Development of Green Buildings in China and Macau”.
Macau VIP constrained by supply issues in 21Q1
VIP GGR in Macau during the first quarter held at around 20 percent of pre-covid-19 levels according to a note from JP Morgan on Wednesday.
No plans to bring non-resident foreigners back yet
Macau chief executive Ho Ian Seng has told lawmakers that there are currently no plans to relax restrictions on non-resident foreigners from entering Macau.
Life After POGOs – AGB Pop-Up Forum
The Philippines and Asia’s online gaming industry is going through uncertain times, with the gaming regulator seeing more and more operators leaving the country for greener pastures.
Acquiring & Retaining iGaming Customers
In this AGB Webinar Series, we covered the newest strategies for iGaming player acquisition and retention.
Asia Gaming Briefings – April 2021 Edition
In this April edition of Asia Gaming Briefings we take the pulse of how the North Asia jurisdictions of Japan, Korea and the Russian Far East have fared.
Asia Gaming Briefings – Feb 2021 Edition
The world is bouncing back, or at least coming to grips with the fact that going forward not much will be the same as before. Commendably, this industry quickly understood the need to adapt to a new normal, and that the days of targeting the low hanging fruit of the VIP sector are gone.
Asia Gaming Briefings – Dec 2020 Edition
Over the years, many of the answers have been remarkably prescient in their forecasts for the near-term direction of Asia’s gaming industry. However, we can safely say that no one came anywhere close to guessing what 2020 may have had in store.