{"id":777003125,"date":"2023-03-08T12:48:52","date_gmt":"2023-03-08T15:48:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777003125"},"modified":"2026-04-22T23:57:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T02:57:47","slug":"sjm-posts-net-gaming-revenue-of-us780m-for-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/sjm-posts-net-gaming-revenue-of-us780m-for-2022","title":{"rendered":"SJM posts net gaming revenue of US$780m for 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Net gaming revenue was down 36.6 per cent when compared to the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Macau.-&nbsp;<strong>SJM Holdings<\/strong>&nbsp;has shared its financial results for the year 2022. Net gaming revenue was HK$6.1bn (US$780m), down by 36 per cent&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/sjm-holdings-reports-net-loss-of-us530-3m-for-2021\" target=\"_blank\">compared to a year earlier<\/a>. The group\u2019s EBITDA was negative HK$3.1m (US$394.3m), compared with negative HK$1.58m for 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/sjm-holdings-expects-to-record-us993m-loss-for-2022\" target=\"_blank\">confirmed a loss attributable to its owners<\/a>&nbsp;of HK$7.80bn, up 88.2 per cent from 2021. It reported it had a 15.8 per cent share of Macau\u2019s gaming revenue, including 19.8 per cent of mass-market table gross gaming revenue and 4.9 per cent of VIP gross gaming revenue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grand Lisboa Palace generated gross revenue of HK$687m in 2022, with gross gaming revenue of HK$346m compared to HK$200m in 2021. Its adjusted property EBITDA was a negative HK$969m, after taking into account pre-opening expenses of HK$453m.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Hotel Grand Lisboa generated gross revenue of almost HK$1.20bn, including GGR of HK$1.07bn, down 50.4 per cent year-on-year. Adjusted property EBITDA was negative HK$758m in 2022 compared to negative HK$522m in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Grand Lisboa Palace Resort&#8217;s occupancy rate declined by 16.5 percentage points to 32.2 per cent, while Hotel Grand Lisboa&#8217;s fell by 12.6 points to 46.2 per cent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SJM Resorts took steps to<strong>&nbsp;rationalise its portfolio of gaming properties<\/strong>&nbsp;in 2022 to improve operational efficiency in preparation for its new gaming concession. Casino Babylon, Casino Diamond, Casino Golden Dragon, Casino Million Dragon and Casino Royal Dragon and the self-promoted casinos Casino Eastern and Casino Taipa were closed on 27 December 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SJM Holdings had HK$8.01bn of cash, bank balances, short-term bank deposits and pledged bank deposits, and HK$31.78bn of debt as of December 31, 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Macau casino operators to submit 2023 investment plans this month<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Macau\u2019s six casino concessionaires are set to submit their 2023 investment plans to the government for approval.&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-casino-operators-to-sign-new-concession-contracts-on-friday\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Under the new concessions<\/a>, operators have to submit annual execution proposals for 2023, outlining specific projects and proposed spending and execution schedules for the year.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the deadline for the submission of the proposals is usually up to three months before the start of each calendar year, this year\u2019s deadline is later due to the new concessions starting in January.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government has two months to respond to each proposal and may request adjustments to specific projects or amounts invested. The operators must provide execution reports on the previous year\u2019s proposal by March 31, with progress reports every two months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Net gaming revenue was down 36.6 per cent when compared to the previous year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":25400,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"SJM Holdings reported a 36.6% decline in Net Gaming Revenue to HK$6.1bn for 2022, alongside a significant increase in losses attributable to owners and negative EBITDA. The company maintained a 15.8% share of Macau's gaming revenue, while rationalizing its property portfolio in anticipation of new gaming concessions and upcoming investment plan submissions.","focusai_entities":"SJM Holdings, SJM Resorts, Casino Babylon, Casino Diamond, Casino Golden Dragon, Casino Million Dragon, Casino Royal Dragon, Casino Eastern, Casino Taipa, Grand Lisboa Palace, Hotel Grand Lisboa","focusai_location":"Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.8), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Concession Investment Impact","query":"How will SJM Holdings' significant 2022 losses and substantial debt position impact its ability to meet the capital expenditure requirements stipulated under the new Macau gaming concessions for 2023 and beyond?"},{"label":"Market Share Strategy","query":"Given the decline in VIP GGR share and overall NGR, what specific strategic initiatives is SJM Holdings implementing to regain market share, particularly in the mass-market segment, under the new concession framework?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,163],"tags":[23108],"class_list":["post-777003125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-finance-news","tag-sjm-holdings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777003125","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=777003125"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777003125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777003140,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777003125\/revisions\/777003140"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777003125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777003125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777003125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}