Macau VIP baccarat revenue up 22.7% in Q2
Macau’s VIP baccarat revenue was MOP16.33bn (US$2.02bn).
Macau.- The Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) has reported that VIP baccarat gaming revenue was up 13 per cent quarter-on-quarter in the second quarter of the year at MOP16.33bn (US$2.02bn). In year-on-year terms, the figure was up 22.7 per cent. VIP baccarat accounted for 26.7 per cent of all GGR in the quarter.
Mass-market revenue accounted for 73.3 per cent of the MOP61.1bn (US$7.58bn) aggregate GGR. Non-VIP Baccarat play revenue reached MOP35.58bn (US$4.4bn), up 2.7 per cent yearly and 3.67 per cent sequentially. Slot machines revenue reached MOP3.51bn (US$434m), up by 7.33 per cent quarter-to-quarter and 9.4 per cent yearly. Meanwhile, Live Multi Game revenue came in at MOP1.26bn (US$155.8m), rising by 4 per cent sequentially and 10.88 per cent yearly.
Last month, the Macau government lowered its gross gaming revenue (GGR) forecast for this year by 5 per cent, from MOP240bn (US$29.8bn) to MOP228bn (US$28.3bn). André Cheong Weng Chon, the city’s secretary for administration and justice, made the announcement after the Executive Council reviewed the government’s amended budget plan for 2025. Macau Legislative Assembly passed the 2025 fiscal budget amendment bill, which estimates gaming tax revenue of MOP79.8bn (US$9.87bn), 5 per cent lower than previously expected.
