{"id":777003991,"date":"2023-04-04T13:07:27","date_gmt":"2023-04-04T16:07:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777003991"},"modified":"2026-04-22T23:09:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T02:09:09","slug":"nagacorp-ggr-up-6-8-in-q1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/nagacorp-ggr-up-6-8-in-q1","title":{"rendered":"NagaCorp GGR up 6.8% in Q1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NagaCorp&#8217;s gross gaming revenue reached US$117m due to &#8220;generally lower&#8221; win rates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Cambodia.- The casino operator and developer&nbsp;<strong>NagaCorp&nbsp;<\/strong>has reported its first quarter 2023 financial results. It reported GGR of <strong>US$117m<\/strong>, up 6.8 per cent. Premium VIP rolling chip rose 43.9 per cent to US$976m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to NagaCorp&#8217;s report, GGR was up because the win rates in the first quarter were &#8220;generally lower compared to last year due to luck factor.&#8221; However, the company&#8217;s mass gaming revenue fell by 3.9 per cent to US$76.62m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company noted<strong>&nbsp;a 117.9 per cent annual rise in the referral VIP market<\/strong>, with a 22.6 per cent quarterly increase to US$387.1m. It said it had successfully converted previous referral VIP players into direct premium VIP players, recording its highest levels since the first quarter of 2020.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The group observed a continuing increase of visitors to its property, with an estimated daily visitation of about 7,000 towards the end of March 2023, up from 6,000 at the year-end of 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>EBITDA for the quarter fell by 3.3 per cent annually to US$59.02m. The company believes that the recovery of Chinese tourism to Cambodia is still in its early stages, following the China&#8217;s granting of Approved Destination Status in February.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/moodys-puts-nagacorps-ratings-under-review-for-downgrade\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Moody\u2019s puts NagaCorp\u2019s ratings under review for downgrade<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NagaCorp&#8217;s gross gaming revenue reached US$117m due to &#8220;generally lower&#8221; win rates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":18779,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"NagaCorp reported a 6.8% GGR increase to US$117m in Q1 2023, primarily driven by higher Premium VIP rolling chip volume and lower win rates, despite a 3.9% decline in mass gaming revenue. The company observed increased visitation and successful conversion of referral VIPs to direct premium players, anticipating further recovery from Chinese tourism.","focusai_entities":"NagaCorp, Moody's","focusai_location":"Cambodia, China","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), operator_casino (0.9), marketing_crm (0.7), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"VIP Conversion Strategy","query":"What specific operational or marketing initiatives did NagaCorp implement to successfully convert previous referral VIP players into direct premium VIP players, and what is the projected long-term impact on NGR and player lifetime value?"},{"label":"Mass Market Decline","query":"Given the decline in mass gaming revenue despite increased visitation, what are NagaCorp's strategic adjustments to re-engage the mass market segment, and how does this align with the anticipated recovery of Chinese tourism?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[163,16333],"tags":[2336],"class_list":["post-777003991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-finance-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-nagacorp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777003991","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=777003991"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777003991\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777004017,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777003991\/revisions\/777004017"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777003991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777003991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777003991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}