Location: Macau
‘An empty shell of what it used to be’: Macau, Asia’s gambling Mecca, gets a China-backed makeover
Although the lights are still on along the popular Cotai strip, the throngs of people that used to pour in and out of Macau’s many hotels... more
MGM Cotai reopens following COVID-19 lockdown as quarantined staff, guests all test negative
Macau integrated resort MGM Cotai, which was locked down on Sunday when a dealer tested positive to COIVID-19, was unsealed and reopened on... more
Macau records GGR of MOP$3.90 billion in October, down 10.7% year-on-year
Macau’s Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau reported citywide gross gaming revenue of MOP$3.90 billion (US$481.6 million) in... more
More DICJ inspectors insist no evidence of “betting under the table” in Suncity VIP rooms
A day after the director of the DICJ’s Compliance Audit Division, Ms Wong Long Peng, testified that she never came across any information... more
Macau eVisa resumption a “significant step” towards gaming industry profitability: JP Morgan
Monday’s announcement by the National Immigration Administration (NIA) that electronic applications for individual and group travel visas... more
Macau’s MGM Cotai casino-resort locked down after dealer tests positive for covid
MGM Cotai – the Cotai integrated resort operated by MGM China – has just been locked down. Government health workers are currently on... more
Macau hotel occupancy rate down 12.9 percentage points year-on-year through first nine months of 2022
Macau’s hotel occupancy rate plummeted to just 37.5% through the first nine months of 2022, a drop of 12.9 percentage points on the... more
Sands China least likely to lose Macau concession renewal bid: Morgan Stanley
Sands China has lower risk of losing its Macau casino concession than its existing concession peers under the government’s re-tender... more
Analysis: Genting in Macau … Why? How? (Part 1 of 2)
At one minute to midnight — well ok, actually 14 minutes before the 5pm deadline on 14 September, but that doesn’t sound nearly as... more
CBRE lowers Macau 2023 EBITDA estimates on COVID-zero uncertainty
Continuing uncertainty around the timing of any potential easing of mainland China’s zero-COVID policy has seen CBRE Equity Research... more
