{"id":777000615,"date":"2022-12-01T14:14:26","date_gmt":"2022-12-01T17:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777000615"},"modified":"2026-04-23T02:26:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T05:26:36","slug":"macau-ggr-down-23-in-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-ggr-down-23-in-november","title":{"rendered":"Macau GGR down 23% in November"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Macau\u2019s gross gaming revenue slipped to MOP2.99bn (US$375.7m).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Macau.- Macau\u2019s GGR declined 23 per cent month-on-month from MOP3.90bn (US$482.3m) to MOP2.99bn (US$375.7m) in November.&nbsp;The result was down 55.6 per cent&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-ggr-up-54-6-in-november\" target=\"_blank\">when compared to a year earlier<\/a>&nbsp;and down 87 per cent when compared to pre-pandemic levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Macau\u2019s GGR for the&nbsp;<strong>first eleven months of 2022&nbsp;<\/strong>combined stands at MOP38.7bn, down 50.9 per cent year-on-year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And the city is again on the alert for new cases of Covid-19.&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-orders-covid-19-testing-for-all-residents\" target=\"_blank\">The city&#8217;s Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre<\/a>&nbsp;has ordered all residents to take rapid antigen tests until tomorrow (December 3). Earlier this week,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-casino-staff-must-get-covid-19-test-every-four-days\" target=\"_blank\">authorities ordered casino dealers, security and cleaners<\/a>&nbsp;to undergo nucleic acid and rapid antigen testing every four days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In October,&nbsp;<strong>Liang Wannian<\/strong>, a senior official of the National Health Commission\u2019s Covid-19 response team, suggested that&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/no-end-in-sight-for-chinas-zero-covid-policy\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">China\u2019s zero Covid-19 policy<\/a>&nbsp;could continue beyond the first quarter of next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Macau\u2019s gross gaming revenue slipped to MOP2.99bn (US$375.7m).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":27875,"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 Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) experienced a significant decline in November 2022, falling 23% month-on-month and 55.6% year-on-year, remaining 87% below pre-pandemic levels. This downturn is directly linked to the city's stringent \"zero-Covid\" policy, which includes mandatory mass testing for residents and casino staff. The potential continuation of this policy beyond Q1 2023, as indicated by a senior Chinese health official, suggests ongoing operational headwinds for the gaming sector.","focusai_entities":"National Health Commission, Liang Wannian, Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre","focusai_location":"Macau, China","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.75), operator_casino (0.95), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Impact Analysis","query":"What is the projected impact of Macau's sustained GGR decline and the potential extension of the zero-Covid policy on the Q4 2022 and FY2023 financial performance of publicly traded integrated resort operators?"},{"label":"Operator Strategy Shift","query":"How are Macau's concessionaires adapting their operational strategies, capital expenditure plans, and workforce management in response to the prolonged GGR suppression and stringent public health mandates?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,163],"tags":[23906],"class_list":["post-777000615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-finance-news","tag-macau-casinos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777000615","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=777000615"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777000615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777000657,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777000615\/revisions\/777000657"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777000615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777000615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777000615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}