{"id":777004700,"date":"2023-04-27T13:25:13","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T16:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777004700"},"modified":"2026-04-22T22:28:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T01:28:24","slug":"moodys-forecasts-20-25-ebitda-growth-for-asia-pacific-gaming-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/moodys-forecasts-20-25-ebitda-growth-for-asia-pacific-gaming-sector","title":{"rendered":"Moody’s forecasts 20-25% EBITDA growth for Asia Pacific gaming sector"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Analysts at Moody’s predict that Macau’s recovery will fuel growth for the Asia Pacific gaming sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Macau.- Moody’s Investors Service predicts that the gaming sector in the Asia Pacific region will benefit from a sharp rise in consumer spending<\/strong> on entertainment following years of Covid-19 restrictions. The credit rating provider has predicted that Macau’s recovery will drive <\/strong>a 20-25 per cent jump in earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) over the next 12-18 months. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moody’s stated that the depressed levels seen since 2020 are expected to rebound due to the anticipated recovery of Macau<\/a> and the continued recovery of other Southeast Asian locations. China, which has previously slowed down the gaming industry’s recovery, is now expected to boost the hospitality industry’s recovery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite these positive predictions, Moody’s has cautioned that the recovery of general consumer spending on leisure, including casinos, is slowing due to an increasingly difficult economic environment, with high inflation and rising interest rates. However, it predicts the global gaming sector will perform above pre-pandemic levels<\/strong> for the first time in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It expects the gaming market in the United States to experience a moderation in growth after achieving record gaming revenue in the last two years, but says growth in the Asia Pacific region is likely to offset the slowdown in the US.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See also: <\/strong>Macau daily GGR to rise over Labour Day holiday, analysts say<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Analysts at Moody’s predict that Macau’s recovery will fuel growth for the Asia Pacific gaming sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":21522,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Moody's Investors Service forecasts a 20-25% EBITDA growth for the Asia Pacific gaming sector over the next 12-18 months, primarily driven by Macau's recovery and a rebound in consumer spending post-COVID-19 restrictions. While global gaming is expected to surpass pre-pandemic levels in 2024, macroeconomic headwinds like inflation and rising interest rates pose a cautionary note, though APAC growth is projected to offset a moderation in the US market.","focusai_entities":"Moody\u2019s Investors Service, Moody\u2019s","focusai_location":"Macau, Asia Pacific, Southeast Asia, China, United States","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (0.75), operator_casino (0.98), affiliate_publisher (0.7), marketing_crm (0.85), investor_analyst (0.99), supplier_vendor (0.9), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"APAC growth sustainability?","query":"Given the macroeconomic headwinds of high inflation and rising interest rates, what are the key downside risks to Moody's EBITDA growth projections for the Asia Pacific gaming sector, and how might these impact long-term sustainability?"},{"label":"US market impact?","query":"How will the anticipated moderation in US gaming revenue growth impact global operator strategies, particularly for those with diversified portfolios across both established and emerging markets?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,163],"tags":[23906],"class_list":["post-777004700","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\/777004700","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=777004700"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777004700\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777004737,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777004700\/revisions\/777004737"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777004700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777004700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777004700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}