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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’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 Q1 consensus estimates likely too high: MS
Consensus estimates for Q1 earnings at Macau’s six operators may be too high, with corporate EBITDA likely to be lower than the prior quarter due to an uneven recovery and higher expenses, Morgan Stanley says.
Nagacorp says Q1 mass business continues to improve
Nagacorp said its mass market business continued to improve in Q1, gaining sequentially from the second half of last year and returning to about 99 percent of its Q1, 2020 levels before the pandemic took hold.
Galaxy seen as gaining mass market share: Bernstein
Galaxy Entertainment has become an investor favourite and is likely to boost its mass and premium mass market share as the Macau market recovers, Bernstein Research wrote in a note upping its target share price on the company.
Sands CEO says infrastructure development to benefit Macau
Las Vegas Sands Chairman and CEO Rob Goldstein said the company "firmly believes" the Macau market will recover and will benefit in the future from infrastructure developments throughout the Greater Bay Area.
Macau to pick up 20% of Asia mass revenue in 2022: MS
Around 20 percent of all mass market revenue in Asia may flow back to Macau by 2022, Morgan Stanley estimates in a note.
Devil in the details of digital RMB: Bernstein
The introduction of a digital renminbi into Macau would potentially have a positive impact on the gaming industry, easing cash flow for mass and premium mass players, but the “devil would be in the details,” says Bernstein Research.
Macau’s Q4 GGR at US$2.75 billion, mass market makes up bulk
Macau's gross gambling revenue in the fourth quarter of 2020 was MOP22 billion ($2.75 billion), with mass market baccarat and slots making up about 65 percent of the total, according to quarterly figures released by the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau.
Sands, Galaxy seen as longer-term investment opportunities: Bernstein
Sands China and Galaxy Entertainment should be viewed as long-term investment opportunities once Macau visitor volumes return due to their high installed capacity and expansion plans, Bernstein Research said in a note.
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.