Macao casinos’ gross gaming revenue rose 228.8% from MOP 2.21 billion in September to MOP 7.27 billion (US$910.9 million) last month.
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The Macao government expects the local casino industry to generate MOP 130 billion (US$16.25 billion) in gross gaming revenue next year.
Macao gaming operator MGM China announced Friday that its net revenues decreased by 94% year-on-year to US$47 million in the third quarter.
A 52-year-old local man has been arrested for sexually assaulting an 8-year-old girl
The Higher Education Bureau (DSES) will be merged with the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ) in February.
The Tourism Crisis Management Office (GGCT) will be merged with the Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO).
Gaming operator SJM Holdings said on Thursday that while it has been “severely impacted” by the COVID-19 outbreak and Macao’s ongoing restrictions on entry from the mainland, Hong Kong and other places, as well as the curtailment of transportation channels and quarantine requirements, it has seen “the beginnings of recovery in visitation, hotel occupancy and visitor spending.”
A total of 31 suspected members of a credit card data scam gang including 13 university students and two secondary school pupils were arrested in Macao this week.
A gambler has been cheated out of HK$1.1 million by a mainlander who failed to bring the victim his money that he had asked the suspect to take from the victim’s VIP room account.