{"id":24037,"date":"2021-10-29T10:52:22","date_gmt":"2021-10-29T13:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=24037"},"modified":"2026-04-23T14:18:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T17:18:27","slug":"direct-investment-in-the-gaming-industry-in-macau-fell-by-30-in-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/direct-investment-in-the-gaming-industry-in-macau-fell-by-30-in-2020","title":{"rendered":"Direct investment in the gaming industry in Macau fell by 30% in 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Macau’s Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) has reported that direct investment in the gaming industry in Macau fell by 30 per cent in 2020 mainly due to the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Macau.- The Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) has revealed\u00a0that direct investment in Macau’s gaming industry fell 30 per cent\u00a0<\/strong>last year. However,\u00a0direct investment in financial activities increased by 4.6 per cent\u00a0<\/strong>year-on-year to MOP86.8bn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2020,\u00a0Macau recorded MOP300.2bn in foreign direct investment<\/strong>, a decrease of 14.5 per cent from last year. Most of the investments came from Hong Kong or the Cayman Islands. Direct investment from Hong Kong declined 5.3 per cent to MOP84.06bn while investment from the Cayman Islands was down 12.9 per cent to MOP69.74bn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nonetheless, the amount of direct investment in the Macau of each of the two known offshore jurisdictions is higher than that of Mainland China, at MOP58.7bn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Macau Business reported that the stock of foreign direct investment totalled MOP69.8bn, up 21.6 per cent year-on-year. Mainland China\u2019s foreign direct investment was MOP 61.29bn<\/strong>, of which Guangdong accounted for 77.6 per cent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Macau’s gross gaming revenue<\/a> plummeted 79.3 per cent to\u00a0MOP60.44bn (US$7.58bn)<\/strong>\u00a0in 2020 amid the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Investment firm launches third Macau gaming fund<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Ossolinski Holdings<\/strong>, an investment firm founded in 2009 by Matthew Ossolinski, has announced the launch of its Macau Gaming Fund III<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Macau Business, Ossolinski Holdings said the fund\u2019s target customers are \u201ccontrarian investors\u201d who see a buying opportunity after a new outbreak of Covid-19 cases<\/a> hurt Macau\u2019s expectations for October\u2019s Golden Week<\/a> and led to a massive decline in visits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Macau casino operators stocks also fell heavily<\/a> after the government suggested changes to the current city\u2019s gaming laws amid a public consultation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ossolinski Holdings said: \u201cOf course, there are risks and concerns, such as increased government interference in dividend distributions. However by the time, there is so-called certainty, the stocks likely won\u2019t be cheap anymore<\/strong>.” <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Macau’s Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) has reported that direct investment in the gaming industry in Macau fell by 30 per cent in 2020 mainly due to the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":21776,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Macau's gaming sector experienced a 30% decline in direct investment in 2020, coinciding with a 79.3% GGR contraction, primarily attributable to the Covid-19 pandemic. Concurrently, Ossolinski Holdings launched Macau Gaming Fund III, targeting contrarian investors seeking opportunities in distressed Macau gaming equities, despite acknowledged risks such as increased government intervention in dividend policies and ongoing regulatory review of gaming laws.","focusai_entities":"Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC), Ossolinski Holdings, Matthew Ossolinski, Macau Business","focusai_location":"Macau, Hong Kong, Cayman Islands, Mainland China, Guangdong","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.9), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory Framework Evolution","query":"What are the specific proposed amendments within Macau's gaming law public consultation, and how are these anticipated to reshape the operational and financial governance frameworks for concessionaires, particularly concerning capital repatriation and dividend policies?"},{"label":"Contrarian Investment Thesis","query":"From a capital markets perspective, what specific valuation metrics and risk-adjusted return profiles are 'contrarian investors' in Macau gaming equities prioritizing, given the confluence of pandemic recovery, regulatory uncertainty, and potential for increased government oversight?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[23906],"class_list":["post-24037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-macau-casinos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24037"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24037\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24044,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24037\/revisions\/24044"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}