Casino workers who are on leave due to the current coronavirus epidemic are called to refrain from travelling abroad, avoid crowds of people and stay at home.
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Macau’s gross gaming receipts fell 11.3% year-on-year to 22.12 billion patacas last month, the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) announced.
Macau gaming and junket businesses produced 50.5% of Macau gross domestic product (GDP) at producers’ prices, based on the production approach calculation.
SJM Holdings announced its net profit rose 9.6% year-on-year to HK$2.4 billion in the first nine months.
Macau’s gross gaming revenue last month touched the lowest level in a year as casinos continued to be slammed by economic and geopolitical troubles.
If they do leave due to the China-US trade war worsening further, local or mainland Chinese-funded companies could take over the respective hotel-casino resorts to run the gaming businesses.
The government has been cracking down on illegal online gambling and will continue to do so, resulting in over 300 websites being shut down between 2016 and last year.
Total receipts of the 10 enterprises engaging in gaming activities increased by 18.7% year-on-year to MOP268.01 billion (US$ 33.5 billion), marking an end to the downward trend over three consecutive years since 2014, according to data released by the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC), today.
Macau casino operator Wynn Macau Ltd reported a US$183.2 million for the third quarter of 2017, a 21.3-percent increase from US$151.0 million for the same period of 2016.
