Macau’s gross gaming revenue (GGR) for the first half of this year reached MOP113.75 billion (US$14.1 billion), representing a recovery to 76 per cent of the pre-pandemic level.
According to the latest data released by the city’s gaming watchdog, the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ), GGR for the second quarter was MOP56.43 billion, reflecting a quarter-on-quarter fall of 1.6 per cent.
VIP baccarat tables generated MOP27.7 billion in revenue for the first half of this year, accounting for 24 per cent of the overall GGR.
In the pre-pandemic year 2019, VIP baccarat revenue reached MOP135 billion, which represented 46 per cent of the full-year GGR earned by local casinos.
In the first half of 2024, revenue from the mass-market baccarat segment amounted to MOP69.2 billion, while slot machines contributed MOP6.43 billion.
The number of gaming tables and slot machines in the first half of 2024 stood at 6,000 and 12,000, respectively.
Last week, the Financial Services Bureau announced that as much as MOP44.79 billion in gaming taxes in the first half of this year, representing a year-on-year increase of 67.2 per cent.
