Gross gaming revenue in Macau casinos rose 8.5 percent in November to 25 billion patacas (US$ 3.1 billion) from a year earlier, according to data released Saturday by the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ).
November’s result represents a 28th straight month of growth of Macau casinos.
Casino GGR stood at MOP 27.328 billion in October, the highest monthly tally in four years
The first 11 months of Gross Gaming Revenue stood at MOP 276.38 billion, up 13.7 percent from the prior-year period, according to data from the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau.
Macau’s casinos gaming revenue in 2017 totalled MOP 265.74 billion (US$ 33.02 billion).
In 2016 the gaming revenue was MOP 223.21 billion (US$ 27.88).
Macau’s six gaming and gambling concession holders had 41 casinos at the end of the first half, of which 22 were owned by Sociedade de Jogos de Macau, six by Galaxy Casino, five by Venetian Macau, four by Melco Crown (Macau), two by Wynn Resorts, and two by MGM Grand Paradise, with 6,586 gaming tables and 17,296 slot machines.
Two of the Sociedade de Jogos de Macau’s casinos – Macau Palace and Greek Mythology – are provisionally suspended, according to the DICJ.
