{"id":777006667,"date":"2023-06-27T06:50:58","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T09:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777006667"},"modified":"2026-04-22T20:37:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T23:37:40","slug":"citigroup-says-jacky-cheung-concerts-boosted-sands-market-share","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/citigroup-says-jacky-cheung-concerts-boosted-sands-market-share","title":{"rendered":"Citigroup says Jacky Cheung concerts boosted Sands&#8217; market share"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Citigroup says the concerts had a positive impact for Sands China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Macau.- The investment bank\u00a0<strong>Citigroup\u00a0<\/strong>has highlighted the positive influence of a series of concerts by Hong Kong singer and actor Jacky Cheung on Sands China&#8217;s market share in Macau. According to analysts,\u00a0<strong>George Choi\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Ryan Cheung<\/strong>,\u00a0Sands experienced month-on-month growth of 14 percentage points in its market share of premium mass wagers, reaching 37 per cent.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Analysts reported that the average wager per player amounted to HK$27,303 (US$3,488), compared to HK$17,142 (US$2,190) in May. Total bets rose 9 per cent month-on-month to HK$9.1m (US$1.16m), 91 per cent of 2019 figures, despite June normally being a month of lower performance than May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Analysts also acknowledged<strong>\u00a0the performance of Galaxy Macau<\/strong> as the largest property in terms of premium mass wager for two consecutive months. They put this down to its proximity to\u00a0<strong>Venetian Macao<\/strong> and the influence of the Jacky Cheung concerts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/sands-china-showcases-macaus-tourism-and-mice-offerings-in-singapore\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sands China showcases Macau\u2019s tourism and MICE offerings in Singapore<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Citigroup says the concerts had a positive impact for Sands China.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":26755,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Citigroup analysts reported a significant 14-percentage-point month-on-month increase in Sands China's premium mass market share in Macau, reaching 37% in June, primarily attributed to the Jacky Cheung concerts. This performance, marked by a substantial rise in average wager per player and total bets, underscores the strategic impact of non-gaming entertainment on gaming verticals, even during typically softer periods. The analysis also noted Galaxy Macau's sustained leadership in premium mass wagers.","focusai_entities":"Citigroup, Sands China, Jacky Cheung, George Choi, Ryan Cheung, Galaxy Macau, Venetian Macao","focusai_location":"Macau, Hong Kong","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), operator_casino (1.0), marketing_crm (0.8), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Concert ROI Analysis","query":"Beyond premium mass market share, what was the comprehensive return on investment (ROI) for Sands China from the Jacky Cheung concerts, considering overall GGR, NGR, and cross-vertical spend?"},{"label":"Competitive Response","query":"Given Sands China's market share gain, what strategic adjustments or competitive responses are anticipated from other Macau concessionaires, particularly regarding non-gaming event programming and premium mass segment targeting?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[23906,21680],"class_list":["post-777006667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-macau-casinos","tag-sands-china"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777006667","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=777006667"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777006667\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777006682,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777006667\/revisions\/777006682"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777006667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777006667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777006667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}